This is intense.

My respect to you Mr Orlov...admire the way you deflate the hyperbole and stick to reality with a mastery of sardonicism. Greetings from the cuckoos nest known as NZ

https://substack.com/@chrishedges/p-152871296

aaaah, nothing beats a good dose of Nima asking word salad questions about the euroweenies "attack plans" (cough!) for the Russian Federation... the same questions, that is... for, like, the third week in a row?
Is this gal missing something? Or is the Russian Army not kicking former ukrainian arse, anymore?
(haha) May the Good Lord bless your patience, Mr Orlov. As for me, I'm just an old masochist.
(whip-lash!)

Iranian leadership has been weak at least since Pezashkian came to power. So, regime change in Iran might not be such a bad idea: get rid of Pezashkian and his cronies. Their naive belief that the west wanted to be friends with Iran has weakened Iran. In fact, I believe CIA election meddling might be the way Pezeshkian came to power in the first place.

I heard today that Israel hacked the Iranian air defense system before the attack and that is why Israeli jets had free rein at the beginning. Apparently rhey got it fixed after 8 hours and now all is well (apparently at least 2 "invisible" F-35s have now been shot down). This might explain some of the incompetence at the start.

Time will tell. I know, this is a commonplace statement. With each hour going by without the USisrael accomplishing regime change in Tehran, the chances of the Iranian regime surviving increase. Bibi and his neocons have to act fast. I suspect that, rather than exploiting any divisions within the Iranian population to their advantage, the folks pulling the strings may in fact have effected the opposite in that the people squarely stand behind the government.

Who knows what else is going on in the region, with many parties playing their game (for example, Syria has become an ideal playground for such hobbies. Apparently, Iran is again able to get weapons through to Lebanon, via former enemies, like Abu Mohammad al-Julani).

I am reminded of the tale of the camel and the scorpion, standing at the bank of the river Jordan and wanting to cross. S to C: "How about I catch a ride on your back? That way we can get to the other side together. C to S: Are you kidding? You will sting and poison me to death! S to C: Why would I do that? I want to get across that river as much as you do, so what's the point in killing you? C to S: Hmm, that makes sense. OK, hop on, off we go. In the middle of the river S stings C. C, dying, to S: Why did you do that to me! S to C: Because, you see, this is the Middle East...

Lots of camels and scorpions around everywhere, and who is camel and who is scorpion (or vice versa) - that keeps changing every second.

That's why I like your interviews, Dmitry, for the answers to the questions: detailed and clear, without ambiguity! And for your patience. Although the same Nima repeats his questions over and over again, but in a different context. In light of what is happening in the Middle East, I think Russia is still benefiting from this "reallocation of workload and attention" from the West, while Iran (whether it wants to or not; are there any plans for this or is everything happening spontaneously) is starting to wear down Americans and Europeans in their "quiet corner" militarily and economically . Even if this "alliance" of bastards led by the United States somehow manages to overthrow the Persians, it will take a lot of time (not 14 days at all, as Israel "plans"), resources and "image losses". Ukraine, even in this case (the "victory of the coalition" over Iran), will face even worse times than now. And that's a good thing!

The one question Nima fails to ask, over and over again :

Dmitry, before we wrap up this session, when are you going to deliver the next episode of your « tales of Khazaria ».