There are certainly complicating deflections occurring thanks to Russian and it’s Iranian ally actions. Recently Iran has fired on Iraq and Pakistan. Iran is supplying drones to the Houthis who are angering some 40 or 50 countries by attacking international shipping.
Today I heard that Pakistan has fired on Iran. Now my brain is racing—what if Iran/Afghanistan/Pakistan get into inter Muslim warfare, Shia versus Sunni? What if various of the Stans that Russia has been eyeing decide that Russia is so weak that it might be time to aide Chechen patriots to recover their territory? What if Russia discovers it has lit a whole series of Muslim countries reacting in ways that have nothing to do with Russia’s designs on Europe? Certainly the Saudis and Egypt are not happy with current events. Who might they decide to support if Iran and Pakistan have at it? WHAT IF??? ANY THOUGHTS???
Per my standard criteria for information, this guy’s channel is at least 3 years old. So before the war that would generate propaganda.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u3bK1xtSk_4
Seeing videos has a specific methodology. Ignore all talk. Just look in the background to see what life looks like.
St Petersburg. I see no flooded streets or broken pipes. They may exist, but not in the videos of 3 yr old channels.
You bring up an interesting dynamic: War involving Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The former is shia, and the latter two are sunni (though both have minority shia populations). Iran is pissing off a lot of people lately; perhaps it is on the verge of building its first nuclear weapon, and is feeling its oats. Or, perhaps it is just being Iran, the bothersome and annoying kid on the block who gets along with no one.
“Certainly the Saudis and Egypt are not happy with current events. Who might they decide to support if Iran and Pakistan have at it?”
The Saudis have a long and deep security partnership with Pakistan, and a long and deep hostility with the Iranian regime.
The Pakistani nuclear program is often viewed as a joint program with the Saudis, where the Saudis paid a lot of the bills, and the Pakistanis are reportedly to provide weapons on short notice if Saudi needs them.
The Saudis paid a lot of the bills for the Anti-Soviet Mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 1980’s, which the Pakistanis trained and directed.
The Saudis have funded many extremist Mosques and Madrassas (religious schools) in Pakistan - notably big ones that produced the leadership of the Taliban.
Saudi Arabia in the past has rented whole Armored Brigades of the Pakistani Army to rotate for duty in Saudi Arabia itself, and provide security for sensitive facilities and missions, such as the construction of King Khalid Military City (KKMC), and in response to to Iranian-inspired terrorist attacks in Mecca.
Not only would Saudi Arabia undoubtedly side with Pakistan over Iran, but Pakistan may actually be putting pressure on Iran at the behest of/in support of Saudi Arabia, who have been at war against the Iranian-backed Houthis in recent years.