Saturday February 18, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Why is Russia so eager to embrace Hamas?
The answer is shockingly simple.

Today's Russia is in the business of expanding its market.
And Russia has only one significant export.
Weapons - old, new, antiquated even nuclear weapons.
That is what Russia has and that is what Russia is selling.

So who's buying?
Iran. Syria.
And new to the market, Hamas.
Russia needs to court and then cement relations with potential customers.

Russia knows how dangerous it is to trade in weapons. So to assuage their business conscience they ask each party to sign an agreement not to use the weapons for terror or for acts of war.

Yeah, right.