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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1586666" data-attributes="member: 12952">Russia announced Monday that it will <a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/russia-okays-sale-of-s-300-missiles-to-iran/" target="_blank">sell</a> Iran advanced S-300 surface-to-air missiles. The decision, which ends an embargo dating back to 2010, shows that President Barack Obama is rapidly losing control of the international consensus on Iran.It also sets Israel a deadline to attack Iran–since Israel has treated the S-300 system as a “red line,” and has attacked Syria <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/12/08/israel-bombs-syria-russian-air-defence-system/" target="_blank">several times</a> recently to prevent advanced Russian air defense and anti-ship missile systems from becoming operational.Currently, Iran has weak air defenses and would not be able to do much to stop an airstrike.Putin knows full well that he is triggering an Israeli countdown–and he has been happy to do so in the past. From his point of view, it makes little difference whether Iran or Syria actually use the weapons he is selling them, so long as their money is good and the two regimes remain somewhat dependent on Russian protection.<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/04/13/russia-sells-s-300-missiles-to-iran-starts-countdown-to-israeli-attack/" target="_blank">http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/04/13/russia-sells-s-300-missiles-to-iran-starts-countdown-to-israeli-attack/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1586666, member: 12952"] [SIZE=5][B]Russia announced Monday that it will [URL='http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/russia-okays-sale-of-s-300-missiles-to-iran/']sell[/URL] Iran advanced S-300 surface-to-air missiles. The decision, which ends an embargo dating back to 2010, shows that President Barack Obama is rapidly losing control of the international consensus on Iran.[/B] [B]It also sets Israel a deadline to attack Iran–since Israel has treated the S-300 system as a “red line,” and has attacked Syria [URL='http://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/12/08/israel-bombs-syria-russian-air-defence-system/']several times[/URL] recently to prevent advanced Russian air defense and anti-ship missile systems from becoming operational.[/B] [B]Currently, Iran has weak air defenses and would not be able to do much to stop an airstrike.[/B] [B]Putin knows full well that he is triggering an Israeli countdown–and he has been happy to do so in the past. From his point of view, it makes little difference whether Iran or Syria actually use the weapons he is selling them, so long as their money is good and the two regimes remain somewhat dependent on Russian protection.[/B] [B][/B] [B][URL]http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/04/13/russia-sells-s-300-missiles-to-iran-starts-countdown-to-israeli-attack/[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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