Wasting Time With Alex

About that help from Russia…

A couple of weeks back all the libs were pointing out how diplomacy and talk had finally made stuff happened - the US gave up efforts in putting a missile defense shield in place to shoot down Iranian missiles to please the Russians in return for them backing us up on the initiative to confront Iran with the knowledge of their new illicit nuclear processing plant - and pointing out how the Obama WH was finally going to get though on Iran. Most of us that live in the real world laughed at this ridiculous notion and pointed out Obama was likely scammed. Well, here is the proof:

BEIJING (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned major powers on Wednesday against intimidating Iran and said talk of sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear programme was “premature”. Putin, who many diplomats, analysts, and Russian citizens believe is still Russia’s paramount leader despite stepping down as president last year, was speaking after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Moscow for two days of talks. “There is no need to frighten the Iranians,” Putin told reporters in Beijing after a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. “We need to look for a compromise. If a compromise is not found, and the discussions end in a fiasco, then we will see.”

Looks like we lost again. We gave up something for nothing, and Iran is still going to build its nukes. I can not believe that the idiots in the WH have not already figured out Russia has weighed the risks of a nuclear armed Iran vs. the benefits of a nuclear armed Iran and decided the later works just fine for them. A nuclear armed Iran would drastically alter not just the composition and balance of power in the ME, but it would also drastically reduce US influence, and open the door, at least in their eyes, for Moscow to come in and fill in the vacuum. A nuclear armed Iran will also immediately affect the price and availability of oil: the price will go up drastically, and actions by Iran, hiding behind its new found security and nuclear umbrella, would/could disrupt the flow as well. Russia will make a lot more money when that happens. We are talking the potential for trillions of dollars more. And in the end, Moscow is not as reluctant to nuke iran first if they feel there are risks.

The Russians, stealing a page out of the Bush doctrine preemptively book, have taken the whole concept to a new level and now want everyone to know that they have the right to use nukes preemptively. I am sure the left will now call Putin the next coming of Hitler, fill the news 24/7 with the arrogance and lunacy of this escalation of a doctrine they didn’t agree with before, and break off all attempts to talk to the Russians, like they did with Bush. They will suddenly realize Iran is our problem and deal with it too. Ok, I was being facetious. But the point is that the Russians want everyone to know – and especially Iran – that they are not worried about a nuclear armed Iran at all. In fact, logic points to the fact that they welcome it.

In the mean time the WH response is to grab their ankles and spread even wider.