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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe country with the greatest to gain from a conflict between the US and Iran.
Russia. All we know about the attacks is that they were made with pin point accuracy, and reputed to have come from the direction of Iran. Russian territory is north of that and well within cruise missile range of Saudi territory.
Captain Zero
(6,714 posts)And Russia has nothing to gain.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)Mainly from its oil. If gas prices go sky high, the world will not care about sanctions on Russian oil.
malaise
(267,823 posts)and even Morning Joe Scum alluded to that.
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)roamer65
(36,739 posts)Its the third largest oil producer in the world, behind the US and Saudi Arabia.
A devastated ME would bring Pootie billions extra in oil revenue.
procon
(15,805 posts)They've been pressuring US presidents to fight their arch enemies throughout the ME for decades. Remember the rise of the Neo Cons and PNAC under the Bush admin, they planned on the US engaging in endless wars from Iraq to Syria, and Iran, to weaken or eliminate Israel's enemies. Seems like their plans are rolling along nicely.
GWB was stupid enough to be persuaded by PNAC supporters to invade Iraq. Now Trump, an even bigger idiot, is being lead down the same path by Netanyahu, not Russia.