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Russia is allied with India is a allied with Isreal France and is a memember of the Commnwealth of nations which means they fought along side British, Canadian, Australian forces in WW1 and WW2.
I mean Rusia is just seling Eygpt a bunch of older weapons because they will pay for them but using the money to Re-invest in modrenizing the Russian Military.
Sell older non upgraded SU-30's to pay for the upgraded SU35S, MIG-29K and the T-50 Pak-FA just like we are selling $15 billion worth of downgraded F-15 Strike Eagles to Sudia Arabia.
I mean we both sell advanced Military weapons and China sells most of the small arms due to the fact they can make small arms cheaper and sell for alot them less than any other nation.
It's bluster. I don't see Putin or his administration doing anything more than b-ing and moaning about the goings-on at the UN, or wherever people will listen. I have a very hard time believing they would actually intervene militarily (meaning send troops) if a full-on war takes place. In fact, I think they're very savvy and would be content to sit back, supply the Egyptians/Palestinians with weapons, and watch the US fight this ultimately futile and stupid action.
Of course it's all bluster. The US, China and Russia are sitting around watching the chess board set up to see who makes the first move. It's all about retaining reserve currency status and trading oil. It is something they all want but won't be willing to go to all out war over it. Best to let the proxies slug it out.
Not surprising, many people outside the US and many other countries see Israel as the clear aggressor here. Israel has done everything in its power, in spite of world condemnation, to expand its territory and dominion over the people in that area. The leaders of that country believe that they are entitled to all of the land that the Israelites, ostensibly, held in the past.
Of course they are. Their default position since 1945 has always been to back the side opposite of the one we back. The dissolution of the USSR hasn't really changed that.
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Originally Posted by MJJersey
Not surprising, many people outside the US and many other countries see Israel as the clear aggressor here.
As if the Russians give a crap who's the "aggressor." See above for the real reason they chose the side they did.
russia may be backing egypt but its not out of any concern for the pallestinians , like with the syrian crisis , they just want to show how much of a player they still are , they also get to stick their finger in americas eye a little
It feels like the whole world is about to go off the deep end. It really does.
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Russia to back Egypt against israel
