[TIME] Tony Karon - According to Israeli assessments, Russia applied overwhelming force against the tiny Georgian military, which still managed to punch above its weight. Israel's strategic priority now is countering the threat it sees in Iran's nuclear program, and on that front, Russian cooperation is essential. Yet Israel is not a major factor in Russia's strategic outlook. Moscow's actions on Iran are less likely to be determined by Israel supplying a few drones to Georgia than they are to be shaped, for example, by the deployment, over extreme Russian objections, of U.S. interceptor missiles on Polish soil.
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