so, what is happening in the conflict between iran and saudi arabia, right now?

it's a civil war in the persian empire. and the jews are being a nuisance to the hegemon, as always. but, it's a war that the iranians must win in order to rebuild their empire, their civilization - which is why anybody interested in stunting the iranian return to empire, as the western empire has been since the great game, perhaps on the strength of elizabethen era intelligence from russian agents, who were loosely aligned with the british at that time, but why anybody interested in stunting the iranian return to empire would back the saudis in that civil war.

might the turks be even better off in the persian sphere than in the greco-russian one? well, iran could act as a sort of pass through for a larger turkic confederation, as modern iran also has substantial turkic roots. the mongols didn't bring a direct population replacement themselves, but they opened up a vacuum for turkish tribes to migrate into. the mongols mostly wanted to go home. while they no doubt left descendants as the children of rape victims, the semi-apocalyptic conditions that these children were left to fend for themselves in would have had a staggering mortality rate. with the collapse of the entire economy, it would have been difficult to find food. and, you consequently might have become food, yourself - at the hands of animals, or perhaps of other humans. i'm speculating; there are no detailed records from this period, everybody was killed. the reports we have are from people travelling through, and they're grisly, but not detailed. there are no grounds besides speculative logical ones to suggest that the persian victims of the mongols resorted to cannibalism, but they might have. you have to wonder how many rape victims took advantage of their misfortune; it's protein, why throw it away?

we can state this much as fact: there was enough empty space to allow for substantive migration into iran from central asia, which is how the turks got to turkey in the first place. and, mortality rates aside, it started to seem like everybody around there looked a little bit racially mixed, all at the same time, around this point.

for, when the persians conquered the romans from the inside out, they were really conquering the greeks, as the romans were in the process of the germanic revolution at this point. if the turks reunite with the russians to recreate the greeks, will they end up conquered by the persians again? does history not state that this is inevitable?

well, we haven't tried it with russia as a base. what we know about history regarding russia is that it is a useful hideout for pirates - thugs, barbarians, terrorists. with the empire now in direct control of the barbarians, it might have an easier time with the persians. how's that for a long game in history? how's that for process?

really, the difference is this: if the turks unite with the persian empire, it could set off a regional war between iranian and russian empires for what is greece - the dardanelles, and the old city of byzantium. the entrance into the black sea, which russia will always seek strategic control over. on the other hand, if the turks unite with the russians, it could lead to an uneasy peace between russia and iran, while the iranians fight their civil war - which is setting up a longer term struggle for the eastern mediterranean, that israel may well have expanded into during the kerfuffle. so, it's a question of positioning - do the turks want to give the advantage to the russians or to the iranians?

i'm sure they'd rather direct the conflict to the south, at least.

economically speaking, a union with russia would provide for far greater opportunities than one with iran, just due to russia's sheer size. russia is almost unique amongst nations in having the resources to be largely self-sufficient in most things, so the sanctions have been less damaging than they could be, or have been on iran, which pales in resources. they might prefer to give the russians the advantage, if they are concerned primarily about self-interest.

these are questions for turkish leadership to weigh.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.