[Talisker]

Putin said the S-300 is a defensive weapon that shouldn't pose any threat to Israel

Shut up, Vlad. Just shut the hell up.

[Tallguy]

“He said Iran should be rewarded for showing “a great degree of flexibility and a desire to reach compromise” in the talks and stressed said the S-300 is a defensive weapon that shouldn’t pose any threat to Israel, and may in fact serve as “a deterrent factor in connection with the situation in Yemen.””

Contrast thiis Putin statement with Putin’s reaction to the proposed deployment of a limited ABM system for Eastern Europe where Putin basically refused the same ‘defensive weapon’ charactarization.