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2006-04-26 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia helps Israel launch satellite to monitor Iran
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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-04-26 01:17|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Yes, Russia will take money wherever it can be gotten, but this is a sure way to reduce whatever small influence they might have had on Iran.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-04-26 07:54||   2006-04-26 07:54|| Front Page Top

#2 The Russians would have plenty of influence over Iran if they told the mullahs to stop enriching uraniun or they'd join the US in an anti-turban gang-bang. Don't forget it was the Russians who got Milosevic to surrender in 1999 by telling him that they'd allow NATO to flatten Serbia if he didn't accept the terms on offer.
Posted by Apostate 2006-04-26 09:41||   2006-04-26 09:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Russia has long been the undisputed king of playing both sides against the middle.

Russia & China run around the world-playing con to Americas pro. I remember in the run up to the Iraq war Russia & the Norks all sold Iraq large amounts of weapons that much of was never delivered or delivered in working order anyway.

Russia really is the bold Hore of the world pay to play definitely applies and she is still the scorned woman to America that runs around throwing salt everywhere. Hell Russia is even giving top-notch tech to China a move that sounds great in her hatred to the US. But in reality everyone must know that China is decades away from being able to take Taiwan a prize that even if taken would be little gain that will emphasize all of China’s military weaknesses against the US’s strengths (navy air force).

However what China needs above all and especially if they want to ever try the US is Natural Resources and that is in bulk right across from china in Siberia and the Stans. Here China would play to all their strengths and their enemy’s weaknesses the targets are either weak Stans or Russian/Siberia a shrinking power that will have the same tech just in smaller numbers (and did I say that there is more Chinese in much of Siberia than Russians NOW). The gain is huge, huge numbers of resources for China and its far away from anything if the US or EU decide to get involved they will be forced to project their forces deep inland (remember how hard Afghanistan was imagine even deeper inland then also remember we are talking heavy divisions not light infantry like Afghanistan needed)

Putty’s blind hatred for the US will cost his nation dearly and it will give China the ability to face the US on Taiwan and not be starved by the US navy/air force. Best case for Russia will be if China doesn’t go for Siberia and instead goes for the Stans which could be in many forms say to preempt a terrorist threat to china what could Russia do short of not report the event beg the evil US for help. If you remember we already had a dry run of type in Kazahcistan were a rebellion of Chinese trained karate movement overran the gov.
Posted by C-Low 2006-04-26 10:00||   2006-04-26 10:00|| Front Page Top

#4 The Moolahs need the Ruskies more than the Ruskies need the Moolahs.

The Ruskies have rented their vote on UNSC Iranian nukes to the Moolahs with a string attached.
Posted by Captain America 2006-04-26 10:48||   2006-04-26 10:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Russia.....

We have established the point and are now just negotiating the price.
Posted by kelly 2006-04-26 14:56||   2006-04-26 14:56|| Front Page Top

#6 We have established the point and are now just negotiating the price.
I noss unnerstand you.
Posted by zsa zsa 2006-04-26 15:53||   2006-04-26 15:53|| Front Page Top

#7 the ruskies are very good at this old game of selling "yacky" weapons that don' work.
the ruskies as well as the chinese will not allow a nuclear Iran near their borders.
The chinese, whether they like it or not have the 7th.fleet as their neighbours.
What kind of game is this?
Can somebody offer their ideas................
and respond?
Posted by Elmutle Sperong7998 2006-04-26 21:14||   2006-04-26 21:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Despite the hoopla/hype, an article in the US Naval War College review indicates the US Navy =USDOD regards China's best, most modern submarines as inferior to the US Navy's in stealth and capability. The article does, however, infer the PLAN wants to give it the good ole' college try in challenging or stopping US battle groups from going anywhwere in East Asia-Pacific-World they please.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-04-26 21:22||   2006-04-26 21:22|| Front Page Top

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