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> I certainly hope so Then you probably should accept that proxy wars work both ways. And well, it's not really Iran's fault that its borders has crept so clos

• CamperBob2 7mo ago
  Who is Iran a proxy for? Russia, as usual, has only benefited from Trump's actions. The one thing you can say about Iran is that they were absolute morons not to actually build or otherwise acquire a nuclear arsenal. They had decades. If Pakistan could do it...
  • xyzelement 7mo ago
    It's such a retarded take that hitting Russia's main ally (iran) is somehow pro-russia. Does taking out their number two ally (Venezuela) also help them?
    • CamperBob2 7mo ago
      Russia cares about Iran mainly to the extent it's a thorn in the West's side. They don't care much about Trump's self-inflicted footgunnery, especially because the arms and dollars that we dissipate in Iran won't be available to Kyiv. If Russia cared that much about Iran, they'd have armed them, and they would making much more noise now. (Somewhat to your point, though, it was Iran who was selling arms and expertise to Russia.) Describing Venezuela as Russia's #2 ally ahead of countries like China and Belarus is certainly a take. Out of respect for the house rules, though, I won't use the R-word to describe it, however applicable it may be.