“Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces” (Washington Post)
Very un-intelligent of Russia, not least because their “intelligence” changes nothing.
Plus, this kind of fruitless meddling will not sit well with Trump, who may finally grasp that Mad Vlad is not his buddy—a realization that hopefully bodes well for Ukraine.
Far from intelligence, this is Russian stupidity—and token at best.
“Putin and Iran’s Pezeshkian Hold Phone Call as Middle East War Escalates” (Moscow Times)
“Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime” (WaPo)
It doesn’t matter.
Decimating the regime’s navy, air force, missiles, launchers, drones, radar systems, nuclear facilities, IRGC and secret police compounds is good enough to ease their 47-year “Death to America” threat and lay the groundwork for a popular uprising.
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