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There might be some people in Iran paying attention to that little chain of events too

FWIW, I've always felt like the mantra that "the Iranians will nuke Israel if they get nukes" was a distractor. Think of this way, a foreign country (the USA) invades Iran, Iran nukes the foreign invader on Iranian soil, the foreign invader whines about the use of nukes, the Iranians say **** OFF! If you are the invader what can you say in return? We want you to play nice while we invade your country?

Awesome synopsis of the events in the Ukraine. Perhaps a key point and perhaps a tangential point is the flow of Russian nat gas through the Ukraine to Europe. That situation is not exactly what I thought it was due to nat gas supplies from Africa. There is a nice discussion of that with a map here: http://www.charleshughsmith.blogspot.com....

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