[Comrade]

Not particularly. I've never put much credit into the whole family vendetta conspiracy theory. Until someone can give me a reason that isn't absurd that they would do such a thing, that's the way I will continue believe.

As for irrelevancy, I do not see how us being once-upon-a-time a patron of someone seen as the lesser of two evils in the Iran-Iraq war is grounds for doing nothing against him.