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Well I could hardly argue against anything you wrote because I hold the same view based on much of what you wrote.
But as you well understand, often things at the top are done for reasons we sometimes do not fanthom in full.
That is why I offered a scenario where the US now bargains with how much protestation will come forth against Russian in all their rotten dirty no good actions of the past, in exchange for them going with us on the Iranian deal.
That is all I was attempting to propose. It is remotely possible I am not full of it, on this one. Then again, ha ha, I have been known to be totally wrong before.
One thing I have maintained for a long time. And that is I don't trust Putin one bit. He and his comrades are always plotting what is best only for them, and the hell with the rest of the world.
And one cannot expect much more from them. The world is a big trading market. How well one plays their bidding, sometimes gets the best price on a given item.

I see your point. So perhaps in this case us 'amateurs' are the stick. This forces the Russian's to the table. Having them help the US government with regards to Iran would be the 'carrot'. Very possible. One 'complication' however is the Anthrax. Whoever supplied the anthrax must pay a real price.