Comments on: Russia Will Back Sanctions, Israel’s New ‘If Wishing Made it So’ Approach to Iran Policy http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/12/13/russia-will-back-sanctions-israels-new-if-wishing-made-it-so-approach-to-iran-policy/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/12/13/russia-will-back-sanctions-israels-new-if-wishing-made-it-so-approach-to-iran-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-117332 Andrew Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:05:20 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=9389#comment-117332 Wishful thinking on possible Russian support for a tighter, more multilateral sanctions regime does not appear to be solely property of the United States, then. <blockquote>I presume this must be a ploy by which Israel hopes to put pressure on Russia to adopt a policy that it (Israel) wants it (Russia) to adopt. If so, this seems awfully feeble. Medvedev could brush this off as an elephant swats a fly.</blockquote> He could certainly do that, and more. A majority of Israeli oil imports come from Russia and its central Asian neighbors around the Caspian Sea. Wishful thinking on possible Russian support for a tighter, more multilateral sanctions regime does not appear to be solely property of the United States, then.

I presume this must be a ploy by which Israel hopes to put pressure on Russia to adopt a policy that it (Israel) wants it (Russia) to adopt. If so, this seems awfully feeble. Medvedev could brush this off as an elephant swats a fly.

He could certainly do that, and more. A majority of Israeli oil imports come from Russia and its central Asian neighbors around the Caspian Sea.

]]> By: Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/12/13/russia-will-back-sanctions-israels-new-if-wishing-made-it-so-approach-to-iran-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-117296 Richard Silverstein Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:50:30 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=9389#comment-117296 How apt to compare Bibi to Pinocchio. The former's nose grows longer by the day. How apt to compare Bibi to Pinocchio. The former’s nose grows longer by the day.

]]> By: DICKERSON3870 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/12/13/russia-will-back-sanctions-israels-new-if-wishing-made-it-so-approach-to-iran-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-117283 DICKERSON3870 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:49:24 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/?p=9389#comment-117283 RE: an Israeli government policy mode which I call “if wishing made it so.” - R.S. "When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do Like a bolt out of the blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true" from <b>Pinocchio</b> - "When You Wish Upon A Star" Lyrics http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/disneysgreatestlovesongs/whenyouwishuponastar.htm RE: an Israeli government policy mode which I call “if wishing made it so.” – R.S.

“When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do

Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true”

from Pinocchio – “When You Wish Upon A Star” Lyrics
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/disneysgreatestlovesongs/whenyouwishuponastar.htm

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