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That isn’t some ultrasonic bullshit, that just uses passive solar and humidity.

My family was discussing what the NFL turducken would look like if it was alive.

Possible contender!

Are we the baddies?

They’re mountainous. Surely pumped water storage would be better than chemical batteries?

Downvoting doesn’t stop you from reading the opinion?

This is the plot of Parasite Eve

Next you’ll tell me coyotes can’t operate catapults or rocket shoes or even paint brushes!

Do they not even have business cards???

Billionaires are going to vibe themselves to death and I support them.

Aren’t all barcodes 2D?

EDIT No wait, they’re basically 1D aren’t they? Nevermind!

Borb*

Critical support for Trump’s struggle against US cultural and scientific imperialism.

Look at that, it’s working.

What’s working? Iran isn’t any more dependent on Russia than it was before the strikes.

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.

There are just as many countries between Iran and Russia as there are between Iran and China, I don’t see why Iran would have to allow itself to be dependent on Russia when China is just as close. Granted, Russia and Iran border the Caspian Sea so they can access each others’ ports, but Iran also has ocean coast so it can access Chinese ports as well. In terms of raw numbers, Iran’s exports to China value $4.59B and imports value $10B. Trade with Russia, by comparison, is $1.9B. Total.

China is actually a closer economic partner with Iran than Russia is, so why wouldn’t Iran be able to turn to China?

Also, Iran is a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Also also, Iran is an observer member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and looks to be in the process to become a full member eventually.

Also also also, Taiwan condemned Iran’s strikes against Israel, so you know they’re tight with China lol

Jesus do you want me to write you an essay?

I will say they just entered a new 20-year bilateral trade and military cooperation treaty on Jan 17th of this year, which is hardly something Russia would do if they were willing to just destroy Iran in a few months. They did this because trade between the countries has risen sharply due to the sanctions against Russia, and that’s not going away any time soon so it would be foolish to sacrifice them at this stage. Then there’s the suspected missiles and drones that Iran has been (possibly) supplying Russia for its war with Ukraine, and blowing them up would disrupt that supply line.

But if you’re determined to believe Russia wants Iran to be bombed, I won’t be able to stop you.

And I’m saying there’s no way Putin wants Iran to be bombed, and so therefore this was done without his permission or knowledge.

So you think they’re stupid.

Belarus has basically been driven out of the European economy, but that’s hardly something Russia did. If Russia has become an empire and Belarus has lost its sovereignty it’s because Europe decided to force the issue. Bad move, I guess?

Or maybe Belarus and Russia are just allies and they’re working together like normal allies do.

Either way, comparing this to Iran is absurd! Iran has ten times the population. Plus, China is right there. It wouldn’t work.

Do you think Biden wouldn’t have done the exact same thing to “defend” Israel?

This is clearly about Israel and the long-time desire for war with Iran in the US government. Blaming Russia is, frankly, absurd.

Trump certainly would like to have Putin as a business buddy, he’s an 80’s deals guy after all, but there’s no business here that benefits Russia so that’s also absurd. Russia does not benefit from Iran’s collapse. This is very bad for Russia.

Only empires can have dependency, Russia isn’t nearly that strong. Russia needs allies or it will be overwhelmed.

If Iran gets their own nukes, one of Russia’s most important allies in the region is safe from attack. That seems a lot more useful than a “bargaining chip”. Now, Russia risks losing an important ally and whatever bargaining chip they may have had.

It told you why not! Because Iran is an important regional ally and business partner and military asset.

Russia sacrificing an ally like this for something as paltry as “gas prices” would be short-sighted in the extreme.

Although since you seem to think Russia is “nearly bankrupt” and that this only buys them “an extra year or two” that explains why you don’t think this matters.