[Buckeye Battle Cry]

To Russia, hatred and war is good business.

[Kolokotronis]

“To Russia, hatred and war is good business.”

Indeed it is. In 2008 Russian arms sales made up 17% of international arms sales....ours made up 41%.

[Ben Ficklin]

Its about the Syrian Port, as well as the Ukrainian Port. The pipelines from central asia terminating at the Black Sea and/or Mediterranean.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Suez, China's presence in the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea and her need for ports like in Burma, Pakistan, and Yemen. In Pipelinistan there would be a north/south pipeline running south from central asia across AfPak to the Pakistan coast as well as a pipeline from Iran across AfPak into China.