Message from @Sh0t
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as ISIS approached Damascus, it seemed they were clashing indirectly, if the proxy theories are accurate
```Announcements by RDIF, Russia's Direct Investment Fund, to coincide with President Putin's visit include:
A deal with Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco to acquire a 30% Saudi share in Novomet, a Russian oil equipment supplier
A $600m deal for Saudi Arabia to invest in Russian aircraft leasing business
Possible co-operation between Russia's Gazprom and Saudi firms on natural gas.
All of this signals a significant warming of ties between the Saudis and a country whose enemies (the Afghan mujahideen) they once bankrolled in the 1980s.```
that's october 2019
The Saudis and ISraelis basically saw Obama as not playing enough ball
Who cares if Russia has an Ally in Syria?
Iran deal was a no no to Saudi ARabia and ISrael
Who cares, Western Europe cares primarily, and the Saudis depending on who is in power
Part of the issue is energy encirclement of WEstern Europe
The U.S ain't Europe
I was about to type "yeah, but who cares what EU cares about".
I swear.
Unity, you're too quick on the draw.
The US is in strategic alliance with WEstern europe and turkey
something called "NATO"
Which Trump is trying to undo.
As per Putin's bidding, surely.
Western Europe already buys their oil and gas from Russia
Or not.
Why would they care if some dictator in Syria is friends with the Russians
The goal is for Russia not to have too much power over them if they are completely dependant on Russia or Russian allies/proxis
sunni versus shiite pipeline plans
Why would western Europe depend on syria?
The pipelines would run through syria(or not)
plus Russia has a naval base there
Analyzing this stuff is how putin got into power
his master's thesis is about this game
Quite the theory you got there
Putin's major political philosphical view is that the Russian government should be an active player in Russia' energy resoruce exploitation, which includes geopoliltics
lol so unity just knows nothing about foreign policy. Got it.
us intel officers were/are force to read his stuff
us think tanks do etc so we know his thoughts at least regarding his published work
and we can certainly see his moves as an official/president
Indeed. But I doubt wasting billions of taxpayer dollars in Syria would benifit the U.S at all
@Unity.Nat so why take out suleimani?
Why send more troops to the Middle East?
Because he's a terrorist, of course.
Hm?
Yes
Why send troops to defend KSA?
in Trump's case, if he is a russian operative, letting Russia 'have' syria would be the point