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Out of the outcasts have their own pride

August 25, 2016 Alexander Golts

That something similar would happen was clear from the very beginning. But the fact that this will happen so quickly could not predict no one. The ambitious plans of creating a certain “strategic” union with the participation of Russia, Iran and Turkey, which, of course, should decisively strengthen the strategic capabilities of Moscow in the Middle East, were not built on the sand even, but on liquid, sorry, shit. The grounds for reasoning about a possible union were given a lightning with Turkey, crowned by the meeting of Putin and Erdogan, as well as the provision of Iran with his air base for the actions of our bombers. But the pro -Kremlin blocker builders were destined to puff out his cheeks and indulge in geopolitical reasoning for less than a week. At first, the Iranians asked the Russian military to leave the Hamadan air base. Moreover, they did it in the most offensive way. Defense Minister Hossein Dekhgan criticized Russia for lining the fact of military cooperation without coordination with Iran. “Of course, the Russians want to show that they are a superpower and an influential country, that they actively behave in the field of security in this region and in the world. Behind the disclosure of this information, the disrespectful attitude and the desire to show off, ”Dergan said. And, a striking business, Maria Zakharova, a Midovsky specialist in the otter, for some reason left these insults without a proper answer.

And after a couple of days, Türkiye began a terrestrial operation in Syria, transferring tanks to the district of Gerablus, which soon moved to the opposition groups controlled by Ankara. The operation is carried out under the cover of coalition aircraft led by the United States. And the Assad regime, which supports the Kremlin, said that Türkiye has aggression against Syria. Therefore, not just about the Union, but even about taking into account Russian interests is not about. Ankara cannot allow the expansion of the zone controlled by the Kurds. And this is much more important to her more importantly with Moscow.

Once again, it turned out that the real world is somewhat more complicated than Realpolitik, which is guided in the Kremlin.

The logic of the analysts there, to put it mildly, is primitive. A certain country pursues a policy that does not find understanding in the West, and sooner or later it is in international isolation. And this is a wonderful opportunity for Russia, which also was in isolation due to the annexation of Crimea and the secret war in the Donbass. It creates a union of storm countries, which should turn into an effective Moscow instrument in its confrontation to the West. In these constructions there is an obvious flaw: modern outcasts are not at all going to play the role of figures on the World Chess Board. They consider themselves players. It is no coincidence that the Iranian Minister of Defense hurt Russia's desire to show that she is a superpower using military cooperation with Tehran. Fasting countries intend to play their combinations with the West and, above all with the United States. They themselves, without any Russian participation, intend to bargain and set conditions. Putin ran into this at the very dawn of his presidency. In 2000, he visited Pyongyang with Kim Jong Ira. According to the results of negotiations, he said extremely proud of his diplomatic achievements that the North Korean dictator agreed to abandon the missile program. And the very next day, Kim Jong Ir said he was joking. Outsites have their own pride. And they are not going to go into service to the Kremlin.


Photo: Syria. On August 18, 2016, pilots during the inflorescence of a group aviation strike on objects of the Islamic State Terrorist Group of the Province of Deir Ez-Zor. Fine with a video/management of the press service and information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation/TASS