Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan

Cryptogon.com
Saturday, July 4, 2009

There could be several factors at work here. Maybe the mobsters who run Russia were offered a cut of the drug money from the American mobsters. If might be that Russian strategists like the idea of giving the U.S. more rope to hang itself. Of course, there’s potential to make billions of dollars from arms sales to all sides.

While I doubt that this move by the Russians is motivated by pure schadenfreude, I’ve known enough Russians to know that this shouldn’t be ruled out.

Is there a Russian equivalent of Schadenfreude?

Via: AP:

Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies.

The announcement by a top Kremlin aide came ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to Moscow next week, when the deal is expected to be signed during a summit aimed at improving the nations’ strained relations.

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