• ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip
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    2 months ago

    Not really. Is anyone even backing Iran? People are mad at the US for being absolutely shit. But no one is really running to Iran’s defense, as most of their neighbors don’t care for them either.

    Russia’s busy running out of people throwing them at Ukraine. China’s not going to get involved in this.

    • spectre [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      Russia and China are both providing Intel and there’s speculation that they may have provided anti-air equipment as well. I don’t think it’s likely that either will escalate their involvement, though.

      What would heat things up is probably a Pakistan/India conflict, or China making moves toward a hard reunification with Taiwan. I don’t think these are likely either, but the chances increase if the Gulf conflict results in the imperial hegemony of the US diminishing.