Russia's half price sale
Early in his first term in office, Reagan gave a speech in which he referred to Russia as the evil empire. By the end of his second term, we were well on our way to a world where the United States was the world's only superpower.
When Barack Hussein Obama took office in January 2009, the United States was the world's only superpower. But no more. Now there are two - if not three - superpowers: Russia, China and maybe the United States. By the time Obama leaves office in 2017, Iran may be a superpower and the United States may be off the list.
Perhaps the most outstanding indicator of how the world is changing is the news today that Egypt, which has been in the American orbit since the Nixon administration, is returning to the Russia fold. A report today indicates that Egypt will receive $4 billion in Russian weapons... for a price of about $2 billion. The price makes it clear that the key here is not the Russians being paid, but the Egyptians getting the weapons. Strengthening that perception is the fact that Egypt doesn't have $2 billion to pay either, but will finance the weapons from donations from other Arab countries that are concerned about the Obama administration's tilt toward Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood. In fact, it's Obama's obtuse refusal to see that most Egyptians don't want an Islamist state that made this deal possible.
A Kuwaiti newspaper reported Wednesday that Russia was set to transfer billions of dollars worth of arms to Egypt before the end of the year. According to the report in the Al Rei newspaper, the Russian arms package is designed to specifically enable Egypt to at least achieve parity with the IDF.
Egyptian media on Wednesday quoted a top Russian arms official, Sergei Tshimisov as saying that Russia would be completing its transfer of an air defense system to Egypt within days. Among the items that are part of the deal are advanced helicopters and Russian-made MiG-21 fighter jets, Tshimisov said at an event in Dubai.
Other defensive systems will make their way to Cairo in the coming months, Russian sources said. Among them were surface to air missiles that could knock out targets up to an altitude of 15 kilometers.
When asked about how Russia expected Egypt – which is broke – to pay for the arms, Tshimisov said that Moscow was prepared to be “very flexible” in its payment conditions, as Moscow was very interested in solidifying its relationship with Cairo.
A Russian report Wednesday said that the overall deal was worth $4 billion, but that Egypt had been asked to pay just half that. Egyptian sources said that the money would most likely come from donations to Cairo from Gulf states.All of that to be delivered in the next six weeks.... In other news, the Obamacare web site still isn't functioning.
What could go wrong?
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Egypt, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Russian weapons, Vladimir Putin
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:48 PM
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“We [Israel] possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are 22 targets for our air force. Let me quote General Moshe Dayan: “Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.” I consider it all hopeless at this point. . . Our armed forces, however, are not the thirtieth strongest in the world, but rather the second or third. We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that that will happen before Israel goes under.” - Martin van Creveld, Zionist Jew
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