And The Hits Keep on Coming
You didn’t really think things couldn’t get any worse? You didn’t really believe the we had hit bottom?
The BBC reports that Russia backs Iran nuclear rights
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for historic talks focusing on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Tehran is seeking Russian help in fending off UN sanctions and completing its first nuclear reactor at Bushehr.
A Putin aide said the first visit to Tehran by a Kremlin leader since World War II focused on ensuring the “soonest completion” of the Bushehr project.
Earlier, the two men attended a summit of leaders from the Caspian Sea area.
Following his meeting with Mr Ahmadinejad, Mr Putin is scheduled to hold talks with Iran’s powerful spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Rus and the Persians had problems when the bow was the height of military technology, the Russians and Iranians have continued the tradition. Iran helped the Northern Alliance fight the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Thanks to the policies of the current administration these ancient enemies have settled their differences and are helping to create a US free zone in central Asia.
You will note that Putin visited with Ahmadinejad, but he is scheduled to meet with the real leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei. These are real high level talks with the real leaders of the two countries.
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This isn’t news. Russia stands to gain a lot of money from selling nuclear technology to the Iranians, and has always stated that Iran had a right to peaceful nuclear pursuits. It’s just that, now, they see no point in trying to be diplomatic with the Bush Administration and say it more bluntly.
The US should never have convinced the Shah to pursue nuclear power. “Atoms for Peace” is the gift that keeps on giving – heartburn.
Germany is the big loser. Many of the big construction contracts for nuclear power plants originally belonged to German companies before the Iranian revolution.