Putin and Bush: Muscle Flexing in the Middle East

February 5, 2008

The Bush administration was well-pleased with the international support received at the one-day Paris conference. They had hoped to raise US $5 billion to “stabilize” the PA. They received US $7.4 billion.

Even while the celebrations in Paris signaled the international confidence in the establishment of a Palestinian state, Vladimir Putin unleashed another masterstroke. His aids were arranging helicopter transport for the Russian leader to inspect a Russian flotilla of six warships, which is led by the Admiral Kuznetson aircraft carrier. This naval group will make their new home port in Syria.

By Ron Ross, BFP Israel Mosaic Radio

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