i always wondered why Russia wanted Afghanistan!!
I didn’t suspect the majority of things your wrote about.
But I guess a writer should be more prepared than me
Remind me not to play chess with you :)
Between Russia and Iran, they have less than a year to turn around their economies. The Iranians are far worse off than the Russians. Russia can get by on $100/BBL oil. Iran needs $130.
Putin likely sat them down and sold Iran on a Shiite middle east. Iran probably wondered what was going to happen after Mecca went Shiite, and as such, they were going to need a bomb to use against the Russians in case the Russians had the idea they’d simply knock off the Iranians when they were done. Russia obviously conceded, and paved their way to a bomb. Obola happily signed off as ValJars representative, and a Shiite herself (Iranian).
As for Israel, the deal was probably that the Russians would be allowed to take and garrison Medina, putting probably an Army Corps between the Iranians and Israelis. The Russians would also take Riyahd too. The Iranians would use their troops to knock over Mecca. Give them one job.
Our armored division in SA is likely coming home. Soon. Quietly.
Eventually, however, the Israelis will be completely on their own over there. They are trying to deal with Russia because the US has cut them loose.
The invasion has to be done by Jan/Feb latest. The price of oil has to go up, and the whole thing has to start paying for itself in less than a year. Putin’s hocking the wedding china to do this much.
With a different President, we could cook Putin’s goose for good. He’s desperate, and without options. All he’s got is oil. No business in their right mind will put an office in Russia after what happened to the Nuevo rich Russians in the last decade. Iran too.
Between the Turks, the US, and the Saudis, we could put Russia/Iran out of business without firing a shot.