Let me see if I am correctly understanding what is going on. We are in a war with Iran and blockading their oil shipments to force them to the negotiating table. But gas and diesel prices here are rising fast, so we are ignoring our Russian sanctions laws and buying oil from Russia. In turn, Russia is using our money to wage war again Ukraine. Russia is also buying oil from Iran, and it turns out that the oil we are buying from Russia may actually be from Iran. If so, we are actually paying Iran to wage war with us.

Does this make sense to anyone?

Iran is selling attack drones to Russia.
Russia is supplying Iran with upgraded technology, satellite imagery, and targeting information used against American forces.
The Lindsey Graham Russia Sanctions bill that was just passed last month and signed by Trump, prohibits the US from buying Russian fuel or supporting Iran.
Trump is now violating this law by paying Russia to support Iran, who is attacking US and Arab allies.
Did I get that right?

hi, so I am a geopolitics enthusiast, I know enough to be able to sustain conversations for a while but, 1, I don't know all the dynamics in the geopolitical realm and 2, I lack the clarity from scratch. I remember asking someone about how to start with Israel-plaestine conflict and they suggested going to wikipedia first and I think its pretty vast and a good source to at least know about all facts associated with it.

I often read articles/opeds to build more nuanced understanding but I need a base that's rooted in history so even when a kid asks about even the smallest bombing/attack in say, Saudi by Houthis I want to be able to explain it to them from the scratch of how Houthis came in 2014 and how their dynamics with Saudi are and everything. I agree geopolitics is way too convoluted but I guess that is the fun about it, right?

So, I want to know how do I know what all to read to be able to comment intelligently (presenting both facts and my analysis) on any topic be it -us-china on Taiwan, Middle East, Russia-Ukraine, indo-pak, Sudan conflicts, anything and everything temporally under the sun.

I am ready to put in as much effort but I need a direction. thanks a lot!