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2007-05-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria to share Russkie air-defense systems with Iran

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-05-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 Uh. Sounds good to me.

Cuz, they still can't see our stealth fighters and bombers with these contraptions, which should be able to take out the radar components, making them nothing better than ack, acks.

Posted by Caesar Angavimp6523 2007-05-23 00:44|| 2007-05-23 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't kid yourself. The Russians intend to sell their authoritarian "friends" any technology they can develop that they hope can be used against the US, to include nuclear proliferation.

I know it sounds asinine, but they *prefer* dealing with dictatorships and tyrannies to dealing with liberal democracies, going all the way back to the days of the Tsars. By convoluted logic, they see them as less threatening.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-05-23 08:31|| 2007-05-23 08:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Not much of a threat for F-16s dropping JDAMs and LGBs at 30,000 ft. Of more concern, Russia sold Iran a few S-300MPU systems. Expect more to come.

Posted by ed 2007-05-23 08:48|| 2007-05-23 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4 So... Syria regifts part of its purchase from the Russians years before taking delivery and this somehow means the Russians are not selling the equipment to Iran.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-05-23 09:05|| 2007-05-23 09:05|| Front Page Top

#5 The only people more duplicitous than these mideast grifters are the Russian grifters.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-23 19:02|| 2007-05-23 19:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Putin & his 'comrades' in the Islamic Axis of pure Evil continue preparing for war.

Posted by Mark Espinola 2007-05-23 23:49|| 2007-05-23 23:49|| Front Page Top

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