• StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Yeah right. This is exactly what Putin wants. Russian hegemony by way of Iran in the middle east has been a goal for like 50 years.

    It’s why we’re always picking at Iran. US has Isreal, Russia has Iran. This is all just bad political theatre on his part.

    He’s thrilled about this because if nothing else, it pushes Iran closer to Russia.

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      8 hours ago

      People that are downvoting this: have you not been paying attention?

      We’ve known this for years. Putin loves the book Foundations of Geopolitics. Do you think I like it or something? Or are you just Russian bots? Russia has wanted Iran since at least 1991. They got formal with actual ties in the early 2010s. Putin may not be going to war right now, but this is exactly what he wants.