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2016-03-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Ralph Peters: Putin Now Realizes Iran a Serious Threat

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-17 03:13|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

Listen to me Vlad, this is what these bastids are up to.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-17 04:14|| 2016-03-17 04:14|| Front Page Top

#2 And Iran has no interest in playing junior partner to anyone — least of all a traditional Christian enemy.

Putin's not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. He's resentful, cunning and full of raw aggression. So he directs his energies against the West, which brought about the breakup of the Soviet empire rather than than Russia's real enemies, China and Iran, both of which have designs on Russian territory - not to encourage independence movements on Russian soil, but to actually annex Russian territory previously taken at swordpoint from the Chinese and Persian empires.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2016-03-17 15:15|| 2016-03-17 15:15|| Front Page Top

#3 [G]ratitude isn’t in the Middle East’s repertoire

Something that should be carved into the walls of Langley, Foggy Bottom, the Puzzle Palace and Congress.

And Arlington.

Posted by Pappy 2016-03-17 18:21|| 2016-03-17 18:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Pappy: Make Ye No Truce With Adam-Zad, the bear that walks like a man.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-03-17 18:24|| 2016-03-17 18:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Putin's not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.

Maybe not. But it looks here like he's at least listening to one of the brighter bulbs which is more than we can say for our own SmartestManInTheRoom™.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-03-17 19:00|| 2016-03-17 19:00|| Front Page Top

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