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.
Much like a stopped clock, Tony Blair is right once every couple decades.
Yesterday I detailed how Germany is totally freaking out over the shut down of Nord Stream 1.
It turns out they are right to freak out.
Rainer Dulger, head of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations, gave a dire warning a few days ago.
Just look at the headlines. This was propaganda from the West a month ago.
US, allies agree to cap Russia oil prices to hinder invasion
The U.S. and Europe has been applying the sanction screws to Russia, and it's been working to perfection - for Russia.
Most people seem to have forgotten that the U.S. still has around 900 troops in Syria, illegally occupying roughly a third of the nation alongside our Kurdish allies.
The West media has been trying to sell us that Ukraine will win their war with Russia from the very start, yet a plurality of Americans no longer believe it.
From COUNTERPUNCH:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/28/moving-closer-to-war/
APRIL 28, 2014
Moving Closer to War
BY PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
How often have we seen our foreign policies, particularly pro-war policies, ended up with blowback? Afghanistan and Iraq are the more obvious examples. Ukraine will be the next.
