Putin seems to be under some misgiving that Islam isn’t as big a threat as we think it is.
While I applaud his conclusion here, he is arming Iran to the teeth. That’s just plain suicidal.
Iran arms terrorists. It trains them.
In the latest Gulf War, it was training, arming, and sending terrorists into Iraq.
What does Putin thing they’ll do when they get the bomb?
Terrorists don’t care about collateral damage. To get their message of fear out, they’ll kill as many as they can.
Russia has been attacked by terrorists before. What makes it think it can avoid a terrorist nuke attack on a terrorist whim?
He needs to do an about face on Iran.
If he doesn’t, not only his nation will be at extreme risk.
Russia has a long history with Iran. And the Communist/socialist element existed in Iran prior to the Russian revolution of 1918 and had ties to Lenin himself.
ICP, Iranian Communist Party’s fortunes ebbed and flowed during various periods, subjected to suppression by Reza Shah, it changed names and went to ground for a period. Allied with the Axis Powers in WWII, Iran was occupied in 1941 by the Allied Forces, Russia in the north and GB in the south. Post war restoration of Shah’s son again saw increased revolutionary activity by the ICP which at some point became the Tudeh Party, with the second Shah taking strong suppressive action against them.
All of the above is merely a capsule history of Russian and Soviet involvement in Iran. The communist party never surfaces in daylight without the secret cadres remaining ‘dark’. So my best guess is that Putin and the FSB/KGB still have access to the old diehard networks and have better intelligence on the ground than any of the western powers. Certain to have a more realistic awareness than the outgoing Golfer and his minions. Be interesting to see the old KGB files on the Golfer and Valerie Jarrett.