This week the authoritarian Putin and his cronies in the Kremlin vowed to support sanctions against Iran if it is proven that Iran is indeed developing a nuclear weapons capacity.

This position runs counter to conventional wisdom. It is widely recognized that Iran is developing an indigenous nuclear weapons program, even Russia has acknowledged this truth. Yet the Russians stubbornly oppose any action to punish the Mullahs of Tehran, especially sanctions.

In one breath Russia warns that Iran is developing atomic weapons and calls on the radical regime to end nuclear enrichment activities and in the next it vows to continue supplying Iran with technical expertise and advanced weaponry. Very soon Russia will regret its double talk which serve only to protect its lucrative trade deals with Tehran.

Inevitably, Iran will develop a weapons capacity which will subsequently proliferate through the domain of Radical Islam, threatening the West and Russia alike. Meanwhile, the EU3 continue to call for fruitless negotiations.