Thursday October 19, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Ehud Olmert is in Moscow for three days of meetings with Vladimir Putin.
The Israeli and the Russian are supposed to be allies.
But there are chasms separating the two on very important issues.

Nuclear Iran:
Israel sees a nuclear Iran as one of the most significant threats on the horizon. Russia is not at all convinced.

Arms exports:
Russian RPG-28s were the most lethal weapon that Hezbollah used against Israel. Nearly half of all Israeli army deaths were caused by this weapon.
Russia denied that the weapons were theirs but Israel captured 39 of them, some even in their original crates with the shipping invoices. Russia sent the weapons to Syria and Syria gave them to Hezbollah. One of Russia's biggest industries is weapons sales. This is not about to stop.

These issues loom so huge and are so important, that they will not be resolved.
Not in three days, not in three months, not in three meetings.