Waanar
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US would LOVE to use Armenia as a bargaining chip against the insolent Turkey but there's another angle everyone is ignoring here and a reason why Iran is willing to strike it's Shiite "brothers" in Azerbaijan for "Christian" Armenia. Northern Iran has a fairly large ethnic Azerbaijani population and Iran knows once Azerbaijan shows up on it's borders, US and Israel will prod Azerbaijan to expand into Iranian territory by fueling separatist insurgencies there. US, Israel and Azerbaijan share good relations. Won't be surprising to see US or even Israeli bases on Iranian border then.Exactly Armenia is in difficult geographical as well as geopolitical battle. Nato support needs land air or sea corridor. Even for a moment we assume if NATO decides to support Armenia on Christian brotherhood basis, where shall they establish a logistical corridor to Armenia.
Armenia is the low hanging fruit in this endeavour and I'm yet to see any reason why Armenia will survive this time other than maybe the very unlikely scenario of Iran sending it's military into an expeditionary war (which it is ill-equipped for).
Iran's intelligence agencies are it's strong point, not the Artesh.