kalu_miah
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I see people in this thread and the forum often wonder about Russia's puzzling stance on Syria. Its probably a combination of factors:
1. large number of Russian wives of Russian educated Alawaite and Christian Syrians (upto 50,000?) in higher echelons of the regime
2. the above solidifies the tie between former-KGB Mafia regime of Putin with Mullah-IRGC mafia in Iran with Alawite Mafia's of Syria. This clique has two willing cohorts, Shia's of Lebanon under Nasrlallah and Shia's of Iraq (under Maliki)
3. in the long term, Iran is important for Russia, as extending their influence to the warmer ports in the South is the centuries long goal of Russian empire (Romanov's). Pakistan and Afghanistan is still distant, Turkey is in NATO, only Iran is friendly enough and its Shia extremism has no effect on Sunni Central Asian 'stans, who are more vulnerable from Sunni version of extremism (Salafism).
So in effect, it is all about Iran, Russia is playing along this game, regardless of end results, just to show to Iranians, that they are with them? Till the very end?
Just food for thought for people who are thinking on this issue.
1. large number of Russian wives of Russian educated Alawaite and Christian Syrians (upto 50,000?) in higher echelons of the regime
2. the above solidifies the tie between former-KGB Mafia regime of Putin with Mullah-IRGC mafia in Iran with Alawite Mafia's of Syria. This clique has two willing cohorts, Shia's of Lebanon under Nasrlallah and Shia's of Iraq (under Maliki)
3. in the long term, Iran is important for Russia, as extending their influence to the warmer ports in the South is the centuries long goal of Russian empire (Romanov's). Pakistan and Afghanistan is still distant, Turkey is in NATO, only Iran is friendly enough and its Shia extremism has no effect on Sunni Central Asian 'stans, who are more vulnerable from Sunni version of extremism (Salafism).
So in effect, it is all about Iran, Russia is playing along this game, regardless of end results, just to show to Iranians, that they are with them? Till the very end?
Just food for thought for people who are thinking on this issue.