While we don’t know whether Trump will decide to attack Iran, these are exactly the movements we’ve been expecting, but so far not seeing, in advance of a sustained operation, both defensive and offensive.

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    I think russia would love a distraction from the embarassing mess their military has become at the frontline.

    It is all about convincing stupid americans that it is inveitable that russia will win so Ukraine can be forced into unfavorable peace conditions where territory can be handed over to russia that would take russia years and years for them to take by force if they even could.

    The less bandwidth world news has to cover how much russia is falling apart militarily, the easier it is for russia to maintain the illusion of overpowering strength.

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      Sacrificing their only remaining ME ally is definitely not worth a transient distraction in the news. Losing Syria was a huge blow for them.