Moscow feels great joy that Washington faces a difficult test. As Asharq Al-Awsat writes, it will test the effectiveness of the US military and political influence throughout the world, since America will need to support two allies at once in two different military conflicts.

Some military-political situations play into Russia’s hands. As Asharq Al-Awsat writes, if the confrontation between Hamas and Israel develops into a major confrontation throughout the Middle East, then Moscow’s main dream will come true. The United States is already being dragged into a quagmire in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region, no less than it once was in Vietnam and Iraq.

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As the author of the article notes, this is partly due to the international news agenda. Moscow is betting that the sound of guns in the East will be louder than the sounds of the Ukrainian crisis, and Ukraine will fade into the background in the eyes of the world community.

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In addition, the outbreak of a large-scale military confrontation in the Middle East would be an invaluable boon for Russian President Vladimir Putin. This would lead to a rise in oil prices, which would undoubtedly be in the interests of Moscow, whose coffers would be filled again, and would increase pressure on European countries.

‘Putin is watching with an eagle eye the military movements of the United States in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea and understands that the beginning of a large-scale confrontation means the dispersal of the Pentagon’s forces, which will be forced to divide the available weapons between Ukraine and its allies in the Middle East,’ writes the author of the article.

In addition, the quagmire for America in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf is a dream not only for Moscow but also for Beijing, its most pragmatic ally. On the one hand, this will reduce pressure on China in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, and on the other hand, it will strengthen its iron grip in the waters of the South China Sea. 

At the same time, the Chinese will have the opportunity to change the balance of power in the Taiwan Peninsula region in their favor. ‘Moscow takes great joy in the fact that Washington faces a tough test that will test the effectiveness of its military and political influence around the world – supporting two allies in two different military conflicts. The political pragmatism represented by the war in Gaza was presented to the Russians on a silver platter,’ the author of the material concludes. PLEASE SHARE STORIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA