Ivan & the Ayatollah: Bad Moon Rising

Disturbing news of ongoing Iranian and Russian cooperation from Shawn Macomber:

Last week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak visited Teheran, meeting with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Gulam Hoshru and several other high-level Iranians.

According to Russia's official news agency, the meeting was in large part to determine the "peaceful nature" of Iran's nuclear program, a diplomatic language hurdle to Russia helping the Islamic nation finally bring the Russian-built plant at Bushehr online. Aaron Klein of World Net Daily reports sources have told him that Russia has "installed a mobile radar system to protect Iran's Russian-built Bushehr nuclear reactor, and similar systems allegedly are in the works for other Iranian nuclear facilities, including a facility in central Iran." It's called protecting your investment.

In two weeks, Russia's atomic energy chief Aleksandr Rumyantsev will visit Iran to make final arrangements on the contentious issue of where the spent fuel rods will be sent. The finality of all these meetings suggests imminent movement on the nuclear issue. A feeling of covering the bases pervades press reports coming out of Russia

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Ok, let's do a quick review:

1. Vladimir Putin has been undermining Russian freedoms and consolidating political power into his own hands.

2. Putin aggressively interfered in Ukrainian politics in an attempt to seat a pro-Russian dictator at the head of the Ukrainian government.

3. Putin has now come out in support of Iran's right to enriched uranium.

4. The KGB has increased penetration of America.

Is Putin acting like an ally in the War on Terror?

Or is he acting like an enemy, working through proxies in Iran and Syria to destabilize the Middle East and undermine American interests?

We report. You decide.