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mylightningtoo

(58 posts) Sat Jan 4, 2020, 01:27 PM Jan 2020

Any Chance Putin will Veto further U.S. Attacks against Iran?

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Any Chance Putin will Veto further U.S. Attacks against Iran? (Original Post) mylightningtoo Jan 2020 OP

no, not yet.... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #1

he also may find a weakened Iran easier for Russia to dominate DBoon Jan 2020 #3

My question is, when the U.S. denies an attack, who is left? rzemanfl Jan 2020 #2

getagrip_already

(14,841 posts)

1. no, not yet....

Reply to mylightningtoo (Original post)

Sat Jan 4, 2020, 01:32 PM

Jan 2020

He will likely send signals through emissaries goading trump to launch an air strike. Then the russians will help the iranians shoot our planes down.

He wants instability. He wants american strength diminished. Yet he wants trump re-elected. He will let iran get bloodied up as long as it serves his interests and hurts ours. But he doesn't want to push it so far that trump loses.

But I'm sure he has drawn a bright line that no ground invasion, and no nuclear weapons, will be tolerated. On both sides.

He wants instability, not an all out shooting war.

DBoon

(22,399 posts)

3. he also may find a weakened Iran easier for Russia to dominate

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 4, 2020, 01:44 PM

Jan 2020

rzemanfl

(29,570 posts)

2. My question is, when the U.S. denies an attack, who is left?

Reply to mylightningtoo (Original post)

Sat Jan 4, 2020, 01:35 PM

Jan 2020

Not that anything from Drumpf's government deserves credence.

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