[Tailgunner Joe]

The Shiite Ayatollah of Iran doesn’t seem to have any problem with his muslim ally Assad.

[FredZarguna]

Nor do the alleged FReepers who think Putin is advancing our strategic interests seem to understand that Russia has thwarted all peaceful attempts to keep Iran from getting the bomb, and have secretly been providing proscribed materials and technology at every turn.

How an Iran armed with a nuclear weapon is going to be beneficial to a dozen Christians in some obscure village in Syria is a great mystery to me. How it's going to be harmful to the peace and stability of the Middle East and the whole world is not.

I'm really stunned that there are FReepers who actually believe that Putin is anything but what he's always been -- or don't even seem to know what that is.