Hmmm … I don’t know about you but I have little trust for Vladimir Putin. He was an old Soviet KGB fox. This means he was involved in espionage to counter American National Interests and a global scale under the defunct Communist Soviet Union.
Putin has made crystal clear his objection to a missile defense umbrella being built in Europe to the point of threatening to posture the Russian military in an offensive mode to counter any perceived attack advances from that missile shield.
America’s stand for the defensive shield is the ongoing pursuit of Iran to make weapons grade uranium that could be used in Iranian missiles that can easily reach Eastern and Western Europe. Putin does not buy that scenario. Evidently Putin comprehends that Russian endorsement and aid to Iran with its nuclear program could make Russia a target as well as Iran.
So what does the former old KGB fox propose to Bush at the G8 Summit? Putin suggests placing the American made missile defense shield in Azerbaijan, a Mohammedan nation formerly of the USSR and somewhat north of Iran. Bush has to ask, “How this benefits Russia and what are the implications to America?”
A missile shield in Azerbaijan could obviously stave off an Iranian missile attack if detection was rapid. There is even the potential of being a shield to Israel and ironically to Russia itself in the case of an Iranian missile attack.
However an Azerbaijan location could be a set up for a first strike removal of the missile umbrella by Russia to enable an in concert attack by Iran (and potentially China). The appearance to me is a total benefit for Russia depending on which ever way the geopolitical winds blow.
Putin has made crystal clear his objection to a missile defense umbrella being built in Europe to the point of threatening to posture the Russian military in an offensive mode to counter any perceived attack advances from that missile shield.
America’s stand for the defensive shield is the ongoing pursuit of Iran to make weapons grade uranium that could be used in Iranian missiles that can easily reach Eastern and Western Europe. Putin does not buy that scenario. Evidently Putin comprehends that Russian endorsement and aid to Iran with its nuclear program could make Russia a target as well as Iran.
So what does the former old KGB fox propose to Bush at the G8 Summit? Putin suggests placing the American made missile defense shield in Azerbaijan, a Mohammedan nation formerly of the USSR and somewhat north of Iran. Bush has to ask, “How this benefits Russia and what are the implications to America?”
A missile shield in Azerbaijan could obviously stave off an Iranian missile attack if detection was rapid. There is even the potential of being a shield to Israel and ironically to Russia itself in the case of an Iranian missile attack.
However an Azerbaijan location could be a set up for a first strike removal of the missile umbrella by Russia to enable an in concert attack by Iran (and potentially China). The appearance to me is a total benefit for Russia depending on which ever way the geopolitical winds blow.
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