re: #170 Flyers1974

The Russians want to use Iran as a proxy to cause problems for the US in order that Russia may reassert it influence in the “near abroad” without the US getting in their way by doing things such as supporting the Ukraine in its attempts to establish itself in the World and giving the Baltic, Central Asian and East European countries an opportunity to develop themselves. Europe, especially Germany, now depends on Russian oil. Russia is very effectively using that as a lever to keep Western Europe in check. China does want the US for a market for their trade goods and as a source of foreign currency, but also desires to keep the US at bay in Asia.

The problem for them is that Iran may easily be a double edged sword.