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Most of these countries have been participating in bombing or getting bombed on and off for the last decade (and longer). You are reading too much into the cur
by gpt5 3mo ago
Most of these countries have been participating in bombing or getting bombed on and off for the last decade (and longer).
You are reading too much into the current media hype cycle, and not really reading the geopolitics in place, which puts a lot of pressure internally on these countries to not escalate further. This includes both Ukraine / Russia and the middle east which you are so eager to tie together on the slightest connection.
- bawolff 3mo agoWhile i agree that the poster is reading way too much into this, i'm not sure about the geopolitics. Iran is friends with Russia and has helped them with their weapons program in the past. None of the countries allied with Ukraine like Iran. Iran (and its allies) have almost no ability to counter strike Ukraine. Ukraine picking a fight with Iran, or at least stopping their boats from visiting Russian ports, seems like a strategy Ukraine could plausibly persue without too much downside.
- dgoldstein0 3mo agoyeah I assume they've done the cost-benefit and figured that if Russia gets the supplies they'll be hurt more than however much Iran can possibly retaliate - Iran does have missiles that can hit Israel so I do have to question whether they can hit Ukraine - it's not that much further - but may very well be worth it to the Ukrainians to take whatever Iran can dish than what Russia could do with the shipments. And with Iran already at war, I doubt Iran wants to spend the effort to retaliate more than whatever they consider the necessary token amount.
- tedd4u 3mo agoUkraine fighting Iran has a benefit for Ukraine as well in terms of US perception ... the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Makes it harder for MAGA types like Tucker Carlson to sell the idea that actually Russia is the US's friend.
- bawolff 3mo ago> Iran does have missiles that can hit Israel so I do have to question whether they can hit Ukraine True, but those are probably in relatively short supply for them at this point. I'd imagine they would want to save them for Israel.
- hermitShell 3mo agoWould you be able to recommend any articles or videos that do a deeper more honest analysis than the current media hype cycle?
- bawolff 3mo agoI'm not the poster, but personally i have found William Spaniel's youtube channel to be good.
- Animats 3mo agoToday: Iran drones strike a gas storage tanker in Egypt. Yemen's Houthis are attacking Saudi Arabia from Iraq.