Putin: Don't Rush To Strike Iran

[Purveyor]

President Vladimir Putin expressed his reservations over the prospect of a military strike in Iran, urging Israel Monday to learn from negative US experience in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Putin's comments were made in a meeting with Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, after Israel's president asked the visiting leader to speak out on the Iran issue.

"Look at what happened to the Americans in Afghanistan and in Iraq. I told Obama the same thing," the visiting president said in a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, cautioning against hasty military action. "There is no need to do things too quickly; one should not act without thinking first."

"Iraq has a pro-Iranian regime after everything that has happened there. These things should be thought out ahead of time before doing something one will regret later," he said. "One should not act prematurely."

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[JustAnotherGen]

1. Yeah

Like President Obama is bowing down and kissing the ass of Putin.

[bemildred]

2. Putin as the voice of reason, that makes my head hurt. nt

[aquart]

3. Wildly funny.

Any military strike on Iran is waaay more likely to be from Russia.

I think of Putin's talk to Israel as a sharp message to Iran. DO NOT ANNOY US.