Putin furious over Israel's refusal to impose a military embargo on Georgia

[MikeWB]

Putin furious over Israel's refusal to impose a military embargo on Georgia

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribun ... _08_20.asp

MOSCOW - Russian security officials threatened retaliation against Israel for its weapons exports to Georgia including eight different aerial drones.

Russian Deputy Chief of Staff Col. Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn said Israel supplied at least eight different models of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Georgia. Nogovitsyn said Israel has also sold a range of weapons and sought to export main battle tanks to Georgia.

Russian diplomatic sources said the government of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was furious over Israel's refusal to impose a military embargo on Georgia. The sources said Putin's aides had urged Israel several times to halt weapons exports.

"We asked Israel not to sell offensive weapons to a hostile neighboring state, but they said they're a sovereign state," a diplomatic source said.

"Well, Israel shouldn't be surprised if we sell offensive weapons to Israel's neighbors."

Already, Russia, in wake of its military victory over Georgia, has scheduled a summit with Syria to discuss offensive weapons sales, the sources said. Syrian President Bashar Assad was scheduled to meet Putin in Moscow on Aug. 20.

[K-Sensor]

Good news.  The only way for Israel to respect it's neighbours is for them to be equally armed.

[Anonymous]

Shite don't smell right here... news adding emotional expression to Russians... or are they dumb enough to think Israel cares what Russia wants?  I doubt Putin is furious if he is indeed not a puppet, he knows how things work, to get furious over something you know would happen... doesn't make sense.  If we know what Israel would do, he knows what Israel was going to do with that request... story is weird.