The Russia-Iran Oil Axis

The best thing to come out of the NIE is averting a Cheney-style attack that would have created a constitutional crisis and a potential security nightmare. The worst thing is that Iran's continuing capacity for a nuclear weapon breakout is unaffected. Kissinger isn't crazy. But here's another sign of the limits of the West's traction: Gazprom gets cozier with Tehran. More detail here. Poulos comments here.