Russia is only in the Middle East to do the bidding of Iran, and to maintain a warm water port.
Right now, Khamenei is pulling Putin’s strings more than the other way around.
The article actually describes healthy diplomacy as some sort of weakness and advocates empire at the same time. Since then the latter is an American way? Has it helped US achieve a thing in the Middle East since it has become a norm? Also a position of US as a senior player to say Saudi Arabia is questionable too.
The USSR looked invincible, right up to the day it collapsed.
Who is selling the Uranium Iran wants?