NATO's new chief hailed the move as "a positive step" and a Russian analyst said Obama's decision will increase the chances that Russia will cooperate more closely with the United States in the dispute over Iran's nuclear program.
To be fair, the analyst only said it would "increas the chances" and not "lead to" Russian help. A "chance in a million" is surely increased from "zero," eh?
Well, we aren't going to hit the Moscow Lottery any time soon:
Threatening Iran with more sanctions would be counterproductive, Russia's foreign minister declared Tuesday, resisting efforts by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to win agreement for tougher measures if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful.
Wow, who on Earth (in the Obama administration) could have predicted that?
Face it, just as China is proving to like the idea of a psycho nuclear-armed North Korea giving us fits, the Russians get a direct zap to their pleasure center thinking about how a nuclear-armed Iran might distract us.
The Russians sold Secretary Clinton's "reset button" to Iran to be part of their missile launch system.
