Saturday October 9, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

A few weeks ago Russia announced that they were reneging on their deal to sell S-300 advanced missiles to Iran.

Russia admitted that the sale of the S-300 weapons to Iran would be a violation of the international sanctions agreed upon by the UN Security Council.

History has taught us that what the Russians say they are going to do is not always what they really do.

And yet, on Thursday, Russia announced that will pay back the $800 million that Iran had transferred over to them for the missile purchase.

This effectively means that the deal is now truly null and void.
The Iranians are livid. They cannot believe that the Russians would collapse under such modest international pressure. It was really only the Israelis and the United States exerting pressure to stop the deal.

The S-300 would have dictated the timetable of an attack against Iran and would have limited the potential success of any operation. In the final analysis, this is very good news.

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