More Russian Positioning

I know Iran and China are the "In " enemies, but don't sleep on Russia. I have recently been following the growing tensions and positioning of the two former Cold War enemies.(here, here, here, here and here) And now we have this

(Reuters/Yahoo)Russia will help Venezuela build plants to make Kalashnikov rifles and ammunition after the United States restricted arms sales to the South American nation, President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday.

Chavez also told a press conference in Quito, Ecuador, that a delivery of 30,000 Kalashnikov automatic rifles was due to arrive from Russia in early June.

Let's recap the last 5 - 6 years. Saddam was controlled by sanctions and now Iraq is hell on earth. Iran was off the radar and now moving closer by the day to nukes and is next on Dubya's checklist. Russia was an ally and now they are re-positioning themselves for a potential conflict with the U.S. North Korea was thought to be close if not already in possession of nukes and now we know they have nukes and they are continuing to make more. Chavez meant Julio Caesar Chavez and now it means Russia's newest business partner!

Thanks Dubya!