TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Tuesday and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran. He also said countries bordering the Caspian Sea must jointly back any oil pipeline projects in the region.
At a summit of the five nations that border the inland Caspian Sea, Putin said none of the nations’ territory should be used by any outside countries for use of military force against any nation in the region. It was a clear reference to long-standing rumors that the U.S. was planning to use Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic, as a staging ground for any possible military action against Iran.
“We are saying that no Caspian nation should offer its territory to third powers for use of force or military aggression against any Caspian state,” Putin said.
Russian sabre rattling, Russia already has more problems at home than they can deal with, and Islam is one OF those massive problems, anyone remember Beslan??
After that little dust up I am seriously surprised that Putin would ally himself with radical Islamic states, I guess his fear of the USA is that strong…
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also underlined the need for solidarity.
“The Caspian Sea is an inland sea and it only belongs to the Caspian states, therefore only they are entitled to have their ships and military forces here,” he said.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is as goofy a moonbat as we’re likely to see this side of Hugo Chavez, yes the Caspian Sea is land locked, and as good as the USA is, I don’t think we can get any of OUR ships into it as exampled by the map below, it would be a real task to pick up an aircraft carrier and tote the damn thing into the Caspian Sea, we could conceivably have ground and air forces in the area but sea power is out of the question there Mahmoud…
A State Department spokesman, Tom Casey, said the United States is not planning military action against Iran.
“We are pursuing a diplomatic course with respect to Iran that includes with respect to its nuclear program as well as with respect to its support for terrorism and other issues that are out there,” he said.
Of course we’re not planning a military action against Iran, that plan is already in the books…
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Please Dear God, don’t let it happen under this Administration or anyone connected to this Administration.
Two nuts under the same tree: Ahmadinejad and Putin!
Made from the same mud.
Sources tell me that the ‘Vast Right Wing Conspiracy’ has constructed a canal from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. This canal can only be seen on the Net by those of us with ‘VRWC’ software. At the moment a battle group led by the USS Nimitz is in the Caspian Sea. Again only those of us with ‘VRWC’ software can see this battle group.Â
Putin has two motivating factors: 1. The enemy of my enemy is my friend and 2. Oil — despite the fact he has it himself — primarily undeveloped.
But will Putin be smart enough to realize that any Muslim’s JOB ONE is to lie to infidels?
BZ
I sure hope he isn’t thinking along those lines BZ.. perhaps he needs to re-read some WW2 history. Hitler and Russia had an agreement not to fight (The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) but Hitler had always intended to and did invade Russia eventually… and does anyone remember just WHO helped save their lousy communist carcasses?? I think Putin needs a good ole dose of ‘wake up ya idjit’ (intentional spelling, means idiot).
He who doesn’t learn from history is doomed to repeat it. But, maybe since Prez. Tom says the holocaust never happened Putin buys into that??
I have always found it to be true, no matter what they say.. The enemy of mine enemy is someone waiting to stab me in the back at the first opportunity.