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2007-10-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-22 18:01|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Ahmadinejad said after meeting his Armenian counterpart, Robert Kocharian

One room, two gangsters.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-22 18:59|| 2007-10-22 18:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Not smart, Aram. Short term gain, long term pain.
I know, being landlocked between Turkie, Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia is not that great, but te southern direction is the most problematic.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-10-22 21:18|| http://www.twobyfour.info]">[http://www.twobyfour.info] 2007-10-22 21:18|| Front Page Top

#3 te southern direction is the most problematic.

Not really. Armenia has made a bet that Iran is the strong horse and they're probably correct. Even if Nutjob and the Mullahs are thrown out, Iran will still be the regional power with the most clout.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-22 21:26|| 2007-10-22 21:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Think you nailed it, Nimble. Armenia, Russia, and Iran have had a strategic axis of extremely odd bedfellows for some time. All explained fairly simply by geography and arrangement of respective enemies. Yerevan's cold in winter when there's no gas or electricity - and Armenia's external sources of both pass through the respectively hostile Azerbaijan and unreliable/unstable Georgia.

Due to all of this Armenia has had a peculiarly strategic position in the Russia-Iran axis since the early 90s, and I've always wondered how/whether we've used our extensive and interesting ties with Armenia to penetrate both ways in that axis. If I had the slightest fear that our folks had exploited this, sadly, I wouldn't think to mention it .... but, well, you know.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-10-22 23:24|| 2007-10-22 23:24|| Front Page Top

#5 REGNUM.RU > ARMENIAN ANALYST: IRAN IS LAST POSSIBLE PLACE TO TRY TO KILL PUTIN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-22 23:49|| 2007-10-22 23:49|| Front Page Top

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