Russians to fuel Iranian reactor: out-of-the-blue shock at 11!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 12:05AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Citation Post, Iran, Russia, energy, nuclear weapons

WSJ front-pager.

Russia saying it's going to help start up the Bushehr reactor, a stance the US now supports as quid pro quo for gaining Moscow's agreement to the recent--and fourth--round of UN sanctions.

And so the Obama admin spins positively on the development, even as many experts do the exact opposite. The White House hopes and prays the sanctions work new wonders, but this train continues to roll . . ..

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