Moscow, July 13 - Head of the Canada-US Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, Sergei Rugov, said here on Saturday it was unlikely that force would be used against Iran. He said that the United States cannot repeat Iraq's scenario in Iran.
| Couldn't repeat Afghanistan's scenario in Iraq, either... |
"The Americans are well aware that if they invade Iran, they will end up in a quagmire which will be worse than that of Vietnam," he added.
| Oh, no! Not a quagmire! Oh, no! Not Vietnam! Oh, hold me, Ethel! |
The prominent Russian scholar noted that given the US past experience, it is well aware that exerting pressure on Iran is useless, therefore it has launched a propaganda war against it. Turning to Iraq's future, he said, "though several months have passed since Iraq's military occupation by the US, political victory has not yet been achieved." Turning to the US failure in establishment of order and security in Iraq, Rugov said, "The problems currently facing Iraq is even outweigh those of the period when the country underwent economic sanctions."
| That's what you might call a debatable point, chum... |
Rugov said that occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan through the use of the latest generation of weapons was aimed at expediting the globalization trend and doubted that the US would ever manage to achieve such a goal. Asked on the possibility of Russia's cooperation with the US against a common enemy, Rugov, who has conducted wide range of studies on the United States, dismissed the prospect of such a non-sustainable move. "Though Russia is not able to take fundamental measures in international affairs, neither would it ever support US arrogance," he concluded.
| "Certainly not. We have our own arrogance, thank you..." |
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