why are the russians being so coy about this that they nearly come off as naive idiots?

what i've been reading into this is that the sanctions backfired, and the only way to stop iran from becoming a chinese puppet state (and 'losing it' permanently) was to backpedal.

surely, the russians don't expect the americans to show consistency and logic in their policies....? who's running the place, khruschev?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/11/25/russia-minister-says-iran-deal-makes-nato-nuke-shield-obsolete/

hey, barack? there's a conference call on line 1 with leonard nimoy and the ghost of khruschev; they claim your missile shield defense policy is now highly illogical, and should be re-examined at once.

mmhmm. well, i know it sounds naive, barack, but that's what they're saying. should i patch you through?

if the russians weren't so consistently naive, we'd have fought, like, 8 world wars since 1945. mad has nothing on this; what's kept the world turning all these years is nothing more than the incredible naivete of the russian state.

"well, vlad, i know we've broken every promise we've ever made, and unilaterally discarded the last 17...is it 19?...ok, the last 19 bilateral treaties we signed, but that's exactly why it's so important that you trust us, now, going forward."

smiley-face dmitri? looked like such a nice guy, didn't he?

and, boy, did we ever take advantage of his dumb naive ass. ahahahahaha...

the flip side of this is that if the russians ever stop being such naive pushovers, the world's going to run into some problems.

or, stated differently? the chinese government is not nearly as naive.