I guess this is the first case of our tough but not crippling sanctions aainst Iran not working.
The Russian government has already decided to sell them SAM missiles despite the sanctions. This just goes to show you exactly wat I think of the UN’s sanctions against other countries (and what the Russians think also). They are not worth the paper that they are written on. I guess that this is a part of the process that the US has to go through before further military action can be taken.
The purpose of the Iranians purchase of the SAM’s seems to be to use as a defense against striking US or Israeli warplanes. They obviously believe that a preemptive air strike is very possible against their nuclear facilities. As long as the Iranians have oil there will always be countries and individuals out there who will be more than willing to help them out.
Our Air Force ring customers posses the technology necessary to pull off such a raid but any intelligence that they use will have to be deadly accurate. If they swing and miss it would open the door to all kinds of situations which would not be good.
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