The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised Russia for its diplomatic work with world powers over Iran’s nuclear program.
But she has failed to reach agreement with Russia on new sanctions against Iran.
A month ago in New York, Russia’s President Dmitri Medvedev appeared to suggest his country might support new sanctions against Iran.
In Moscow Ms Clinton was looking for a more solid commitment.
She did not get one.
And she won’t get one – because Russia wants a strong, nuclear-armed Iran to be a thorn in our strategic side; because Russia wants to rebuild some sort of Russian Empire; because we already gave away our best leverage – the missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
We’re being governed by arguably the most foolish Administration in world history…