Iran is the big blue blob in the middle. The dark read circles with the white stars are military bases.
One side effect of our imposing sanctions on Iran is that it could make the Russians look like their friends. Russia may not be particularly fond of Iran, but anytime they can gain some advantage they will certainly take it, and if they manage to poke us in the eye while they are at it, so much the better. We had a chance to do something with Cuba when the Soviet Union collapsed, but we stuck to our guns, and now Russia is back on their feet, and setting up operations in Cuba again.
This is beginning to look like a warmed over version of the cold war. We support the Saudis and Russia supports Iran. The Saudis support the President of Syria and the Iranians support the rebels, or did I get that last part backwards?
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