Russia returns favour to British and French in Middle East
Fri 1:07 pm +00:00, 13 Mar 2026 3Emil Cosman has his own style of commentary on military events. Sarcastic. Humorous. Sceptical, as he pulls main stream media reports to pieces.
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So why doesn’t Russia hit Britain in proper, really effective, retaliation? Why does it need the Iranians to do the dirty work when they clearly have the means themselves?
I appreciate that there might be covert retaliation by the Russians, see the uk factory “fires”. But why not properly hit other British assets, even if foreign based, plenty of targets surely? Even if still covertly, the fog of war would be the perfect opportunity, and they have numerous good reasons to strike, plenty from Ukie alone. But nothing much ever happens
Maybe because of the power of the west’s propaganda machine? Or maybe….
Theories about Russian involvement in Iran examined by Alexander Mercouris. British and Americans are surprised by the accuracy of drone attacks with drones flying at very low altitude in Kurdistan, Cyprus and elsewhere against Americans. Not proven Russians are providing Iranians with advice and assistance on drone and missile strikes, but evidence is compelling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9utwneVHO6s&t=941s
Makes sense but still, why such restraint on their part? They’ve had plenty of provocations by Britain recently, far too many for comfort. So why not hit Britain hard? What’s stopping them?