Friday, April 28, 2006

Moscow as Whore

Another sign that the irrational exuberance that greeted the collapse of the Soviet Union was a trifle premature: Russia is giving the Bronx cheer to the U.S. and E.U. and is about to sign an arms deal with Syria -- or is it Iran? -- that is sure to prompt apoplexy in Washington and Jerusalem.

The Guardian's Tom Parfitt delivers the bad news here.

But wait! This just in:

Maybe Russia is just being an opportunistic whore. It has been brought to my attention that it launched a satellite for Israel earlier in the week that will be used to spy on Iran's nuclear program.

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