Russia Sides With Iran Against France

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner

From the Full Story at the Gaurdian:

"Russia today joined the chorus of concern at the possibility of war in Iran while conflicts continued in Iraq and Afghanistan.
At a news briefing in Moscow, the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said: "We are worried by reports that there is serious consideration being given to military action in Iran. That is a threat to a region where there are already grave problems in Iraq and Afghanistan."

His comments, after a meeting with his French counterpart, Bernard Kouchner, followed a stark warning yesterday from the UN's chief nuclear weapons inspector aimed at the US.

"I would not talk about any use of force," Mohamed ElBaradei told reporters at the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna. "There are rules on how to use force, and I would hope that everybody would have gotten the lesson after the Iraq situation, where 700,000 innocent civilians have lost their lives on the suspicion that a country has nuclear weapons."

We can take a couple of facts from the above paragraphs. First, when the heat is on, Russia will come down with terrorists if it serves their agenda. For a country that produced Joseph Stalin, that is no surprise.

Next, the U.N. is obviously so corrupt that it cannot be seen as anything more than a tool of corrupt and tyrannical regimes. Where did ElBaradei get his casualty numbers? Why would he call Iraq a mistake? Was he a fan of Saddam, Qusay and the thugs?

The world is coming close to a full scale conflict.

On a side note, I am really beginning to like the sounds coming from the new French government. After a few years of Jihadi anarchy, I guess they've taken the issues at stake to heart.