Russia Maintains Cooperation with Tehran Despite US and Israel

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http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050219&hn=16708

"Soft" revolutions backed by the West in the former Soviet republics reportedly push the Moscow administration to make closer cooperation with Syria and Iran.

Despite increasing pressure from the US administration, Russian continues to develop its relations with Syria and Iran. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russians believed that Iran was not trying to develop weapons of mass destruction and added that he plans to visit Tehran in the near future. snip

Pointing the "industrial and military" areas for cooperation, Putin's making such an attempt just before his meeting with the US President George W. Bush on Thursday (February 24) seems noteworthy. Russian observers expect fierce debates during the summit on the issues of Iranian nuclear program and "soft revolutions" occurring in some former Soviet republics in particular. Moscow considering Washington's pressures towards the Iranian issues apparently insists on its own policies now. Despite insistent negative reactions of Israel and US, Russia also prepares to sell weapons of air defense system to Syria. Meanwhile, additional protocol between Tehran and Moscow on the fuel return used in the nuclear plant that is being constructed in the Iranian city, Busehr, will be signed in late February.

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[Nimrod]

1. Anybody besides me

Think the world nations are starting to unite against us?

[Gyre]

2. I think we're doing most of that work outselves.

We don't need no stinkin bodges! :puke:

Gyre

[Laurab]

4. Hell, yeah

and for good reason, too.

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. Yup yup - Attacking Iraq was a BIG boo-boo

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History ALWAYS reads:

"The Rise and the FALL of ____________ "

The USA ain't rising anymore . . .

:nopity:

[cliss]

3. Now the interesting part will be......

what are they going to do about it?

Russia is siding with Syria and Iran. They are supplying them with missiles, much to the chagrin of the US and Israel. All this is deliberately kept out in the open. They want everyone to know about it. Russia is in a show of strength against the US. This is also why Iran is being fiercely vocal about its strength, threatening a "hell on earth" for anyone who dares attack.

It's check mate, George. The question is, what are they going to do about it? The Bush Administration knows it can't take on Russia......at least not now......they're a little...busy elsewhere...

Meanwhile, Russia (and most likely China in the background) is calling George's bluff.

This isn't the first time a bluff has been called on him. Bush did a similar thing against China about 4 years ago. They promptly retaliated, and Bush retreated.

My personal hunch: he'll do the same thing again. But he retreat quietly. He'll be loud and "brash" as he goes.

Bush has shown that the ONLY thing he understands is power, or the lack of it. Diplomacy means nothing to this fool. Subtleties pass him by.

And sometimes fools have to learn the hard way.

[yinkaafrica]

5. Putin will have the last laugh