Allied to our dear NATO brother in Turkey, Azerbaijan is now in a dangerous standoff with Russian-backed Armenia.
And while the Azeris are Turkic, they are also mostly Shia, and there are more of them in Iran than there in Azerbaijan. Moreover, while Azerbaijan is a fairly secular country, you could have said that about Iran before the Revolution.
Turkey, too, is re-Islamising rapidly and markedly. It has just announced the fact that it has flown into Azerbaijan the head-choppers whom we have been backing in Syria for the last 10 years, and who are now to be let loose in Nagorno-Karabakh.
All in all, when it comes to machinations involving Russia, then pay attention to this. Not to nonsense about the American Presidential Election.
Iran could be the key to peace here. They are already calling for restraint. They have excellent relations with Armenia and will not take sides despite the Shia connection. Don't forget Azerbajan's new best friend is Israel, and Turkey's response is lamentably predictable.
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