Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Peace in our time - Neville Obama Date:   10/2/2015 9:18:22 AM

There are all sorts of potential reasons for this move by Putin but I think one clear signal is his desire to reestablish Russia as a world power.  Like all despots when they crave that distinction it always involves invasion of other countries.  We left a vacuum in the middle east and he and Iran are going to fill it.

As for the Arabs seeking nukes I cannot imagine they won't try.  Iran is not an Arab country, they are Persian.  And they want to dominate the middle east and once they have nukes there will be no stopping them unless these other countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc. can respond in kind.  They may do so through the U.S. (some sort of alignment like we have with NATO) or uniliaterally.  Either way they would be nuts to sit idly by and let Iran arm themselves with nukes.  Adn they are not nuts.......