Joel Rosenberg has been closely following Putin’s interest in Iran and the Middle East for many years. His analysis is always germane because of his background in politics, and because of his biblical and prophetic worldview. Russia and the Iranian regime are primary movers. This comes at a critical moment when we find that President Obama has successfully reduced the American footprint. Many argue that this isn’t the case and many will say that it is, but that it’s a good thing.
Whatever the case, here is what Rosenberg says about the latest rumblings:
Vladimir Putin on Monday “cleared the way for the delivery of sophisticated air defense systems to Iran,” and Iranian officials say the S-300 missile system could be “delivered his year.”
This raises the disturbing question of whether the near-term deployment of an advanced Russian air defense system around Iran’s most sensitive nuclear sites — combined with growing concerns by numerous experts that the nuclear deal set on the table by President Obama and the P5+1 will put Iran on the legal path to building nuclear weapons in the not-too-distant-future — could actually make war in the near term more likely, rather than less…keep reading
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