The goal is for Russia not to have too much power over them if they are completely dependant on Russia or Russian allies/proxis

pipelines from the gulf

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

KSA and Russian talks and business share exchange would be the fait accompli from teh saudis on that

and brin gthem into the Russian plan

US versus Iran would weak both

helps Russia, helps Saudi Arabia

see my other links on Soleimani's role in fightin gthe taliban after 9/11 working with us

Letting Russia have Syria. I could care less.

Ok unity let lie back up and give you more benefit of the doubt

Do you think killing suleimani was a good idea?

Indeed

Why?

His job was to guide and commit terrorist activities in the middle east at the benifit of Iran

So?

It’s the Middle East, who cares

Let Iran have it right? What do you care

I thought Trump was supposed to stop meddling in ME affairs.

Focus on the US.

Shit like that, no?

@Unity.Nat under what principle does that matter?

```n the months after 9/11, Soleimani saw an opportunity to defeat the Taliban once and for all by unconventional means—namely, cooperation with the United States. Early in the war, he directed Iranian diplomats to share intelligence on Taliban military positions with their U.S. counterparts. The Americans, in return, told the Iranians what they knew about an al-Qa`ida fixer hiding out in eastern Iran.33

For a brief moment, it seemed as if this contact might lead to a more general thawing of relations between Iran and the country its leaders refer to as the “Great Satan.” Indeed, back in Tehran, behind closed doors, Soleimani was pronouncing himself “pleased with [the] cooperation,” and musing at the highest political levels that “maybe it’s time to rethink our relationship with the Americans.”```