Why would Russia attack or invade Europe? The E.U. is Russia’s biggest customer group as far as Russian natural gas exports are concerned.

Yeah I mentioned that myself. It’s a bit unnerving. All they’ve done so far is issue warnings. No-one seems to be taking those warnings seriously though.

Turkey is trying to goad and provoke Russia into attacking them, so that they can pleade Article 5 of NATO.

“Anti-ISIS coalition??” LOL .... The Syrian Arab Army with the aid of Russian air support nearly has all the exits of Aleppo surrounded, and they’re close to cutting off the ISIS terrorists and other Salafist rebels there.

Kissinger’s book of foreign relations - “Realpolitik.” Also known as Be a Stupid Dick in the Name of Fighting Communism.

Well those boobs in Oregon went about it all wrong. As ISIS has shown, you need to invoke some sort of religion or theology for these things to work. They should’ve declared they wanted to establish a Baptist or Methodist State. And then made and waved some fancy flags. And then maybe asked for funding and weapons…

I know! Isn’t that funny??!

I don’t disagree with you. Funny thing is, if we look at history, the Iranians actually DO have a legitimate reason to be pissed at the West ... LOL.

Pictures don’t come with text bubbles either. It’s called a JOKE.

Why do you think the Indian Air Force crashes so many Sukhois? LOL

Damn it, busted. That picture was actually taken in Sunset Junction, near Silver Lake in Los Angeles. Also known as ‘Hipster Central’ in California.

Don’t disagree with you one bit. Just from personal experience, all the Iranians I’ve met in America have all been 100% educated, articulate and very secular and sophisticated in their world views. A proud people with a lot of inherent dignity.

The Kurds in Syria are actually working with the Assad government and Russia in fighting ISIS. That’s just another reason why Turkey hates them so much.

You only just reading that now? Read that already a year ago. They’re all Salafist as a baseline, and all want to establish an Islamic state in some form.

The Iranian people love Americans. Their government is a different matter altogether. But I do think even that will change one day soon. Their culture may end up in the long run being stronger than their religion. Most Iranians are highly educated, gregarious, and yes, cosmopolitan. That side of them’s going to come…

I have a friend who fled Iran during the fall of the Shah. He and his parents literally crossed the border to freedom with Iranian jihadists shooting at them.

Tyler’s discussed — and praised —- the T-90 here on FTA. Lower profile means less of a target, and better maneuverability in close urban warfare environments. And it’s got an autoloader, so no need for midgets.

How boys pick up girls in Iran:

Oh yeah. I can just see Iran “upgrading” those SU-30's with their .... ahem ... “stealth jet” technology.