re: #617 Gus 802

Everyone had been expecting a military strike upon the Iranian nuclear installation in the closing days of the Bush administration. This never occurred. Here’s my one word answer that describes the biggest stumbling block to any kind of military action:

Russia.

Well, Russia is supplying gas and oil to much of Europe, but the thought that a strike by the US against Natanz would result in the Russians from providing carbon supplies to Europe is….odd.

They need the currency. Their economy has become a petrocentric.