Putin Will Restrain Iranian
Retaliation
Putin Will Restrain Iranian
Retaliation
Paul Craig Roberts
A number of intelligent
analysts predict Iranian retaliation for Washington’s murder of a high Iranian
official who was in Iraq on a diplomatic mission. I understand their
logic. However, I wonder.
Putin doesn’t want war. Why
should he when Washington’s arrogance is destroying the US and the empire. Even
Germany has had enough of Washington because of Washington’s interference in
German energy policy and sanctions on companies involved with the construction
of the Nord 2 gas pipeline. https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/germany-and-eu-condemn-us-sanctions-on-gas-pipeline/
In France Washington’s
puppet, Macron, is showing independence by saying that Russia is part of
Europe.
As Putin and China have
failed to protect Iran from a US/Israeli attack by forming a defense alliance
with Iran, I suspect that Putin will prevent Iran from directly retaliating. As
Iran cannot afford to alienate Russia, any retaliation will come from proxies
after they make a show of splitting from Iran.
Russia cannot afford for
Iran to be in chaos and has no choice but to protect the country. Similarly,
Iran is dependent on Russia’s support and cannot ignore Putin. China has energy
connections with Iran and would find chaos in Iran disruptive of China’s
economy. This means that Iran is not vulnerable like Iraq, Libya, and Syria
(prior to the Russian intervention) were. Whether or not there is a
formal defense alliance between Russia, Iran, and China, a US/Israeli attack on
Iran will one way or the other bring Russia and China into the war. Therefore,
Russia and China should formalize the arrangement, because the formality of an
alliance would silence the warmonger American Zionist neoconservatives who are advocating
for war and also make it clear to Israel that the tiny country would cease to
exist. All it would take is one Russian nuke.
As I recently wrote, I
suspect that incompetent historians have convinced Putin that alliances are the
cause of war, and perhaps they have been in some instances. But
weakness, real or perceived, is also a cause of war. The failure of Russia and
China to form a defense alliance against Washington/Israeli aggression could
turn out to be the cause of the Third World War.
/https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/content/dam/thestar/news/canada/2021/09/25/huawei-executive-meng-wanzhou-receives-warm-welcome-upon-return-to-china/_1_meng_wanzhou_2.jpg)
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