A Russian ship, allegedly carrying tons of weapons, made a dash for Syria after Cypriot officials allowed it to leave their waters, Turkish officials said Thursday.
The ship had made an unscheduled stop in Cyprus Tuesday, technically violating an EU embargo on arms shipments to Syria, which has killed thousands in a crackdown on dissent.
Cypriot officials — told by the ship's owners it was heading for Syria and Turkey — only allowed the ship to leave Wednesday after the owners said it had changed its destination for Turkey only.
Our friends, the Russians. I'm starting to think that the "Reset" button Secretary Clinton gave the Russians was just a prop and isn't functional at all.
To be fair, the Russians said the button was actually labeled "overcharge." And the Russians certainly did that by demanding an end to the Bush era missile defense shield (and are still complaining about the less effective--for defending America from missiles flying over Europe to hit us--Obama missile defense plan) as the price for cooperating with us over Iran and other issues. But Russia is working hard to shield Iran's puppet Assad. For what we are getting, I'm thinking we were definitely overcharged.
