Nah, you can read it again.

The point is that both of your points are factually incorrect.

I mean, if it’s on clothing, it’s not a flag, it’s a flag image. Ergo, the flag code doesn’t really give a fuck.

Ford makes (or at least made) and E-350 van. It can tow anything your truck can. And seat 11 people. And keep your equipment secured and safe from the elements. And it has a backup camera.

Would have been easy enough for them to be allies with Ukraine, but they didn’t do that, did they?

No, they want dependents. Allies have a choice. Dependents have an illusion of choice.

There are just as many countries between Iran and Russia as there are between Iran and China…

Then why would you say China is “right there” as an argument.

Also, the premise is not that Iran is a puppet state of Russia, but that they are dependent on Russia for security from other nuclear-armed countries. Russia doesn’t want Iran to get nukes because they lose that valuable bargaining chip.

Let’s sum up your arguments so far.

You think that Russia can’t maintain control over other nations, and I provided a direct refutation of that.

You think that China was geographically closer to Iran that Russia was, and that is refuted with Google maps.

You need to take a look at the players, their motivations and the “board” and then come back with an actual assessment instead of plainly incorrect and unfounded opinions

It wouldn’t work.

Look at that, it’s working.

Plus, China is right there.

I think you should look at a map sometime. Unless you are taking about Russia-China relations, but that doesn’t seem to be the context here.

Yeah. You think Russia is doing shit for free?

Glances at Belarus

Yeah. Okay.

You’re reading the play like Russia wants an ally.

What they want is a dependent.

If Iran gets their own nukes, then Russia loses a big bargaining chip.

Honestly, that’s probably the only reason why nukes weren’t used.

Musta missed 2019 when the US was caught with their pants down during a global pandemic, despite having a pandemic plan in place just a few years prior. Ultimately ended up killing over a million Americans… And the guy got re-elected.

Real parm instead of the canned stuff.

Chicken breasts - you can get massive pumped up chicken breast for the same price as “normal” chicken breasts. The problem is when you cook the big ones, they just leech out all their liquid.