true, for similar reasons, Iran and Russia supported the Northern Alliance against the Taliban, Iran is hodgepodge of factions including the Baloch, who may have been weaponized by the Iraqi’s at one point, that was the speculation of Laurie Myroie once upon a time, th Baloch are at odds with the boys of Aabpara, the ISI since they aren’t Pashtun, they probably agree as much as they disagree on sectarian principles

as for Russia I don’t trust them, can you ponder why, but I don’t think Putin is 10 feet tall either, some of the folk wisdom about Ryazan and other places and persons
he encourages like the line about John Wesley Hardin the famous outlaw he sees himself in the line of Peter the Great, so for the Swedes that course of action will not discourage him one bit,

I never knew these two nations were at loggerheads; live and learn.

Let’s hope the USA stays far, far away from this.
As Kissinger once said; ” it’s too bad both nations can’t lose.”

Recall that Pakistan was (is ? ) a big supporter of the Taliban and also sheltered Bin Laden for many years.

And to brighten up your day folks; the USA sends many millions of $$$ in foreign aid to Pakistan. Yep, OUR tax dollars at work to help the American citizen.

The above amount is a rounding error in the amount of $$$$ the USA has sent back to Iran. But we all know that Iran is using those billions of $$$ for social services for their citizens. I can only surmise that the incomparable Tony Blinken was instrumental in sending that cash to Iran.

Friedman: Right.

Oh. And where have we heard that pathetically empty rhetoric before? Ah yes, straight from the mouth of Anthony’s slave-master, who Tommy-boy recognizes immediately.

Seems to me, anyhow, this amounts to asking whether President Pseudonym himself (aka Barry Soetero) has “the pull”, as Blinken is his bona-fide mouthpiece, no? And then our answer is?

Putin and the Russian leadership could care less how many Russians die fighting in Ukraine; Russian leadership has never, ever cared how many Russians must die to meet the goals set by their leaders.
During WWII the Russian army would shoot dead any Russian soldier not advancing towards the enemy fast enough or retreating. Russia has resurrected this policy in Ukraine.
As for Russia running out of soldiers, this will never happen. They will forcibly draft any man – for starters – who can walk and chew gum at the same time and if need be, begin drafting females.
Not enough rifles? No big deal.
Just follow the soldier with the rifle and when he gets killed, pick up your dead comrade’s rifle and keep advancing.
This is the Russian mindset.
The Russians are animals.

They are just one step removed from Hamas. Russia will first defeat their military foes, and then embark upon mass rape, torture and murder.
Hamas does this in the opposite direction.

It would be a big mistake to judge Russian military actions as one would judge a Western nation’s military actions.
Western nations today are very cognizant of death tolls within their military or of civilian deaths. These two issues are of ZERO import for Putin and his pals.

Finland and Sweden have joined NATO.
Poland is rearming and aims to have the largest military in Western Europe.
One has to be a total idiot not to understand the significance of this.

They did not do this because they believed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a “defensive” move on the part of Russia to have friendly nations on Russia’s borders.
They did this because they have lived with a hostile neighbor for 500 years; they know full well who is the neighborhood troublemaker.

I was worried there for a minute. Sad to say, it seemed mild compared to some of the other things I’ve read.

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Same here. It is sad that my familiarity with islam and its adherents has increased to the point where an atrocity like that now registers as routine news to me.

But they all attended Harvard, and that rubber stamps them as our permanent betters.

It remembered the Zinoviev telegram, with much less detail, commissioned by the Foreign Office with through Sidney Reilly, from a group of Russian emigres tied to Savinkov the old dog

As for Bibi, I know enough about him and his background, going back to his father’s cv as the premier historian on the inquisition, his brother’s sacrifice on the plains of Entebbe, to know he wouldn’t bend on this point

I believe he was fingered as the prime instigator, no less. So.

then he was the bag man at the Biden center in Pennsylvania, wasn’t also a player in the 50 intelligence experts game of Bingo,