[M. Espinola]

The fear is well grounded. The Kremlin is bolstering their cohorts with additional arms shipments, all of them anti-Israeli, anti-American and anti-Western.

[SJackson]

The fear is well grounded. The Kremlin is bolstering their cohorts with additional arms shipments, all of them anti-Israeli, anti-American and anti-Western.

Increasing I suspect the liklihood of Israeli action against Iran and Lebanon before robust Soviet systems are in place. And if history is relevant, their local friends won't be particularly adept at using the arms they're supplied. The mideast is a graveyard for Russian platforms.