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Russia is entirely incapable of projecting force that far, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and the Baltics are about their level.

> Russia is entirely incapable of projecting force that far, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and the Baltics are about their level.

Though they have been palling around with Assad in Syria.

Syria is only 500 miles from Russia

I don't think Russia is likely to invade Iraq.