By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:Putin and Russia defy the world. They have snubbed their proverbial noses at UN Security Council sanctions that were slapped on them after the 2014 land grab of Crimea.
Russia ordered two Mistral helicopter carriers from France. But sanctions did not permit France to deliver the ships.
Now fast forward to the end of September 2016.
That's when France delivered two Mistral carriers to Egypt. Supposedly, the Saudis paid for the ships.
The delivery was covered in the Egyptian press with great fanfare. Then the carriers disappeared. They have now re-appeared off the coast of Tartus, Syria as Russian helicopter carriers. Is anyone surprised?
The Polish minister of defense uncovered the entire story and made it public by announcing that the Egyptians sold the French ships to the Russians for a single dollar. The minister said that his intelligence was reliable.
This is a blatant end around UN sanctions. It completely demonstrates how all the parties involved in
this charade simply do not care what the UN decrees and will do whatever they can and whatever they want to advance their own goals.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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