You know Putin is praying we go to war with Iran.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The only thing that would please him more is if we go to war with China.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Putin must be laughing his ass off at Trump

All he has to do is sit back and watch
Trump fuck up right and left until the
USA is no more. I'd even suggest it's
a fait accompli.

[sarah FAILIN]

2. Don't forget Mexico

Gotta get those bad hombres.

[ck4829]

3. This might actually be where reality ensues for Trump

Russia and Iran actually have positive relations.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Russia wouldn't come to Iran's defense. It's in their strategic interest for us to get bogged...

Russia wouldn't come to Iran's defense. It's in their strategic interest for us to get bogged down in a quagmire.

[roamer65]

6. Ah, yes they would.

They practically built the Bushehr nuclear power station themselves.

I deep down think Dump is getting suckered into a conflict against two SCO allies, Russia and China.

The gambit is to get the USA to fall apart in one way or another, then SCO is the new world power.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Better for Russia to see us caught in a morass.

[ck4829]

9. I can see your argument about getting bogged down, but they would probably prefer that bogging

be in Mexico IMHO.

They would lose a trading partner that circumvents sanctions, American soldiers and equipment would get a lot closer to Russia's borders, and Americans would get to put ships in the Caspian Sea and put them closer to oil deposits there.

You might be right, but eventually reality will come crashing back down, and the Magical Trump La La Land Train we're in is going to derail sooner rather than later... and if it results in Russia getting one step closer to becoming a pariah state by not backing an ally, or a Russia-US conflict, then I guess we just need to be prepared for either scenario.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. They know and we know Drumpf is a lunatic but there is zero chance he goes to war with Mexico.

It is much easier to whip up war hysteria against Iran.

[Cattledog]

5. Exactly.

Russia on Tuesday said that a reported ballistic missile test by Iran does not contravene a United Nations resolution on Tehran's nuclear programme, after the US requested emergency UN consultations.

"Such actions, if they took place, do not breach the resolution," Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told Interfax news agency, saying demands for UN talks were aimed at "heating up the situation".

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/01/31/iran-warns-us-not-create-new-tensions-over-missiles-russia-backs-tehran

[world wide wally]

7. Putin doesn't pray for war... He makes it happen