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December 4, 2005
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The sale of more than a billion dollars worth of weapons by Russia to Iran
is being pawned off as being “only for defense.” If you believe that is true, you need to go back into the thirties and forties and dig up some of the “Let’s Pretend” radio series broadcasts under the sponsorship of the Cream of Wheat Company.
The program began with a little song that went something like this, as I remember – Cream of Wheat is so good to eat, that I eat it every “morn,”……………….. And now kiddies, Welcome to the Land of Let’s Pretend………Which would be followed by a fairy tale.
Primary Reason for the Sale: (1) Russia needs Iranian oil money for its sagging economy, and wants to be on the good side of Iran if Iran does happen to be successful in driving Israel out of the lands from Dan to Beersheba, which the Lord gave her, and (2) Iran wants all the weapons she can get to eventually launch a united Arab Jihad against Israel, as well as to defend herself when Israel retaliates.
What Iran really needs is a Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooter Arrow Head that glows in the dark, with a compass. The song that made me order it as a child went something like this: “Start the morning with hot Ralston, and you surely will agree, it’s a warmed up filled up breakfast, full of cowboy energy, take a tip from Tom, go and tell your Mom, hot Ralston can’t be beat.” Iran can’t see in the spiritual darkness which surrounds her, and she needs to have some sort of compass to steer her away from the ungodly path she is following. Tom Mix was a straight shooter – Russia and Iran are not!
I also ordered a Captain Marvel Secret Code Ring, but I don’t want the Iranians to get hold of that – They might use it against us, and I don’t need Iranian oil money, even though I have a sagging waistline.
The following article concerning the sale of weapons by Russia to Iran by the Associated Press was extracted from the Jerusalem Post.
BEGIN JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE
Russia: Weaponry Supplied to Iran is Only for Defense
Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST
December 3, 2005
All Russian weaponry supplied to Iran is purely for defensive purposes, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday, responding to news reports that Moscow was selling more than US$1 billion worth of missiles and other defense systems to Tehran.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kaminin did not comment on any specifics of weapons deals, saying in a statement only that they were “exclusively defensive weapons.”
“All contracts concluded in the military-technical cooperation area fully comply with our international commitments, including in the sphere of nonproliferation, and are in full compliance with Russian law,” he said, according to the statement.
The statement appeared to be timed to head off the expected heated reaction from the United States following reports in Russian media Friday that
Russian and Iranian officials had signed contracts in November that would send up to 30 Tor-M1 missile systems to Iran over the next two years.
Interfax said the Tor-M1 system could identify up to 48 targets and fire at two targets simultaneously at a height of up to 6,100 meters.
On Saturday, an influential Iranian official downplayed the deal, telling
the official Islamic Republic News Agency that Iran has been trading arms with many countries and would continue to do so.
“Iran’s and Russia’s military cooperation is not a complicated issue,” said Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
“It existed before, and there was no ban on it.”
“We do not see any necessity to answer any question in this regard,” Larijani said.
An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman on Friday said he was unaware of the reported deal between Russia and Iran, but said it would harm regional security.
“When a country hopes to strengthen the military potential of Iran, they are serving to strengthen the most negative elements in the region,” spokesman Mark Regev told The Associated Press in Jerusalem.
Israel considers Iran to be its biggest threat, and does not believe Tehran’ s claim
s that it
s nuclear program is peaceful.
Israeli concerns were heightened recently after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged that Israel be “wiped off the map.”
On Friday, Israel carried out a successful test of its Arrow missile defense system, intercepting and destroying a missile similar to Iran’s long-range Shahab-3.
END JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE