going to be hit with a massive Tsunami of US flagwaving propaganda

https://www.unz.com/tsaker/short-intermission-of-sorts-with-a-few-apparently-needed-explanations/6) Should Russia declare that Iran is now under Russian protection? Absolutely not! Why? Think of what is taking place as if you were sitting in the Kremlin: the Empire is about to embark on its last war (yes, I mean that, see further below) and the Russian specialists all KNOW that the US will lose, and badly. Why in the world would you intervene when your “main foe” (KGB/SVR/FSB expression for “USA”) is about to do something terminally stupid?