Moon of Alabama has a fascinating discussion today about Iran and Saudi Arabia agreeing to work together.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/
... Mediated By China Iran And Saudi Arabia Restore Ties - There Are Winners And Losers
This is huge!
Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to restore ties after years of tensions
Imagine if Iran bombed Tel Aviv. The world would denounce it. Washington would offer military aid. Israel would immediately strike Iran over and over again.
Instead, because it's Israel bombing Iran, it's written like this.
A week ago, on the third anniversary of Gen. Qassem Soleimani's murder, Iran's president on Tuesday vowed to avenge it. That same day rockets landed on a U.S. base in Syria.
Despite a full-press pressure campaign by the West, OPEC cut their production by twice as much as expected. What I find interesting is the reaction in Washington.
When future historians write the obituary on Dollar Hegemony, they will be certain to mention how it was a tragic case of suicide.
We are all familiar with the close ties between Russia and China, if only because they are both being threatened by the U.S. and NATO. So it shouldn't be a surprise that Iran, also under threat by the U.S. and UK, would eventually become allied with Russia.
Usually it's the president or some senior State Department representative that throws around threats against a foreign nation. However, this week the Pentagon skipped right past the executive branch and threatened Iran directly.
There's too much going on to focus on any one thing, so I'm just going to have to dump it all into one essay.
Today is election day in Colombia, and for the first time in that nation's 200 year history there is a real chance to have a leftist president.
While the U.S. and all of Europe react in horror to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the first, second, fourth, tenth and twelfth most-populated nations in Asia feel very different. It really doesn't matter whether you agree with these nations or not. The sheer size and proximity of these nations require respect.
The least surprising is China.
It's not just Russia and China. Washington is looking to take on the largest nation in the Middle East as well.
