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A Skeptic's avatar

Thanks for your great work! Merry Christmas!

We've restacked and shared this link on 'The Stacks'

https://askeptic.substack.com/p/the-stacks

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Nakayama's avatar

I wonder if the goal of such a policy is to merely destroy JD Vance's chance for the presidency.

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Darras's avatar

Andrew.

Let's imagine that Iran switch to muslim US-friendly sphere, Saoudia-Turkey-Azerbaïjan-Pakistan , how could react India?

Submission to US influence via muslim states?

Or drastic rapprochement with China-,Russia?

More and more, it seems that Iran is the key...or the weakest link.

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Feral Finster's avatar

The Saudis object to the fact that Iran is Shia.

The Israelis object to the fact that Iran exists.

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Darras's avatar

Before the islamique revolution, Saoudis and Israël were very friend with chiite Shah of Iran .

What will happen if Pezeskian finish softly this revolution?

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Feral Finster's avatar

I am not sure what you are saying here, but Iran under the Shah was a lot like the gulfie tyrannies.

That is not likely to come back.

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Darras's avatar
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I think that Pezeskian and a big part of Iranian intelligentsia, deep state and bizness are fed up with the muslim revolution. I think that, slowly, they jam radical religious. They betrayed and gave up Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria. They snubbed russian offer of military alliance and even assistance. I think they took advantage of the 12 days war to make murder the big radical heads and Gardians of Revolution. I think that, like thermidorians in France in 1795, they want to finish the revolution but they don't want to become the little bitch of anyone. I think that they are negotiating with Saoudis, Pakistanis,Turks and even Israël through Azerbaijan.

They recently understood that Indian partnership wans't worth much.

It's would be a very bad news for Russia ( and Europe)in short term but for China too at middle term and it's not at all a good news for USA at long term.

It's not only a central Asia rebirth which is at stake. It's a muslim confederation.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Oh, there are a lot of Iranians who want oh so badly to believe in the Americans.

Pretty funny, as the Americans admitted that the "disagreement with Israel" was a ruse so that Israel could attack them.

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Walter DuBlanica's avatar

The USA has not won a war in the past 75 years. If we try another Vietnam where we lost 58,000 men which we started for the lie that Vietnam attacked our destroyer there would be riots in the streets. So what do we do next, PROXY war as we started in Ukraine. T hat war is not gloing as we had hoped. Russia has now looked and has friends with China, India, Iran and just about every Asian country except Israel. Today American foreign policiies are a MESS. Fixing it is TOUGH or maybe impossible.

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Darras's avatar

Hey Bagdad Bob, merry Christmas.

I hope that finally, this year, you will see Santa Klaus and he will bring you all your romantic visions of geostrategy.

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Walter DuBlanica's avatar

What the hell are you drinking??? Do not need your dumb comments.

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Darras's avatar

Whatever I can drink, it's better than your koolaid my friend.

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Russian Nazi's avatar

Back at you, every day, Walter DementAnica.

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Walter DuBlanica's avatar

FOOL , what are you trying tio say??? Better yet dont say it since it would be FOOLISH.

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