First we had news that out of the blue, the Western embargo against Iranian oil exports would be delayed by 6 months [4], and now, in the aftermath of last night's developments out of Iran which blamed the CIA [5]for the murder of its nuclear scientist we get this (from Bloomberg):
- ISRAEL, U.S. POSTPONE MILITARY EXERCISE, ISRAEL RADIO SAYS
- JOINT EXERCISE POSTPONED FOR BUDGET REASONS, RADIO SAYS
- U.S.-ISRAELI EXERCISE PLANNED TO BE BIGGEST EVER, RADIO SAYS
- EXERCISE WAS TO TAKE PLACE IN NEXT FEW MONTHS, RADIO SAYS
And just so it doesn't look like a total cave in:
- ISRAEL SAYS JOINT U.S. MILITARY EXERCISE STILL UNDER DISCUSSION
As a reminder Iran made it very clear an escalation in joint US-Israel war game cooperation would be met with yet another miliary exercise out of Iran [6].
And in other news, in response to the latest discovery that Russia not only was using Syrian ports to park its military ships [7], but to supply the locals with ammunition we get this:
- AGUE SAYS NOT LOOKING AT NO-FLY ZONE OVER SYRIA
So how long until the word "appeasement" makes its way into the popular jargon yet again.