The idea of China coming to Iran's defense is very laughable

[HyperCodexV]

When people talk about China coming to Iran's defense, I laugh. Iran is not worth that risk. China has over $2 trillion in treasury bond investments inthe United States economy and I don't think they will love to risk all that asset for Iran. All the showdowns we are witnessing currently in Iran are strategic ones.

Trump is using the opportunity to do a live demonstration of America's military might and power to show other global adversaries how dominant the US can be when it comes to massive attacking and defensive build-up. You can call it the act of deal 101. Iran has presented itself as an available entity for Donald Trump's operational arena, and he will capitalize on it without restraint.

China is the strategic audience of the entire showcase, because at the moment, all Beijing can do is to watch:

 How long can the US sustain deployments of a military layer of logistics.
 How fast can the US mass power its defensive artilaries

China is also finding out if alliances hold under pressure and if China itself can operate in multiple theaters of war simultaneously.

America is exercising deterrence by classic demonstration. This is the act of the deal being put into practice.

[Tungbulu]

Trust me, if there was a way that China would benefit from interfering or coming to Iran’s rescue, then they will if the benefits are worth it. Their refusal to interfere isn’t necessarily because of the bonds because if you look at the situation critically, you’ll notice that those bonds serves as leverage because should China decide to dump those bonds, it’ll not hurt their reserves but also destabilize global market, so i don’t think those bonds are the reason china is refusing to take those strategic risks.

[Fiatless]

China is the strategic audience of the entire showcase, because at the moment, all Beijing can do is to watch:

 How long can the US sustain deployments of a military layer of logistics.
 How fast can the US mass power its defensive artilaries

China is also finding out if alliances hold under pressure and if China itself can operate in multiple theaters of war simultaneously.

America is exercising deterrence by classic demonstration. This is the act of the deal being put into practice.

You think the US is spending billions of taxpayers' money because it wants to showcase its military might to China. I don't think so because there are different means of displaying what they have in their arsenal, like a military show of force

China is simply watching the US deplete its military warheads in a senseless war to please Benjamin Netanyahu. As you rightly said, Beinjieng will not join this war due to economic concerns. However, the US is losing its locus standi to caution China if they attack any neighbouring nation.  

[JeromeTash]

When people talk about China coming to Iran's defense, I laugh. Iran is not worth that risk. China has over $2 trillion in treasury bond investments inthe United States economy and I don't think they will love to risk all that asset for Iran.

Funny of you to think in this present day and age that the world rotates around the US. Secondly, just because the US uses weapons to terrorise and cause chaos in other countries through wars does not mean China has to do the same to show its power.

The US and its president are already threatened by China's rise, and when you watch what the Western media has to say, they just keep singing about China day and night, but all China does is mind their business.

Trump is using the opportunity to do a live demonstration of America's military might and power to show other global adversaries how dominant the US can be when it comes to massive attacking and defensive build-up.

Just like any past wars the US started, this one is also going down in history as a complete failure, and it will be a very big shame to the "mighty" US. Donald Trump is already frustrated that some European countries are not joining the war 

America is exercising deterrence by classic demonstration. This is the act of the deal being put into practice.

The United States of America is exercising terrorism that was initiated by Israel.

[passwordnow]

They are allies and I think China is benefiting from their oil and that's why whoever gets the oil, gets more probable control of the economy. And as an opponent of USA, it's favorable to China that Iran is going hand on hand fight with them. That's why the help that they can send them isn't out of their will as allies but, it's something that's giving them more of the favor while not taking the blame for this war. Am not sure if the news that I am reading says that Iran is just trying to make the military arms of the USA ran out.

[EluguHcman]

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To an extent of exaggerating the relevance of these wars, you would understand and agree with me that the budgets doesn't worth it.
Indeed watching the events through the windows could displays some games scenes feelings like one of those console video game that makes us feel the event or vibes lively and interesting.

There are precautions in wars and China would either not what to get involved in the war with the US if they can not going to achieve their goal of interest.
Definitely the US is not a territory of stone free.

Or is the Epstein file also one reason why no Iran allies or countries has not come for their intervention? Or it is a technical technique to just quench the forces of the software?

[Oluwa-btc]

You think the US is spending billions of taxpayers' money because it wants to showcase its military might to China. I don't think so because there are different means of displaying what they have in their arsenal, like a military show of force

China is simply watching the US deplete its military warheads in a senseless war to please Benjamin Netanyahu. As you rightly said, Beinjieng will not join this war due to economic concerns. However, the US is losing its locus standi to caution China if they attack any neighbouring nation.  

To an extent, yeah. They're doing that, look at what they did exactly with Venezuela who was selling their oil with the Yuan. They also blocked China from buying directly from them and now with Iran, who the Chinese gets 90% of her oil imports under attack?! It is related if you pay close attention. I can not prove it completely but, it is the reason why China provides Iran with the necessary military intel to shoot down the United States military assest in the middle east.

[HyperCodexV]

You think the US is spending billions of taxpayers' money because it wants to showcase its military might to China. I don't think so because there are different means of displaying what they have in their arsenal, like a military show of force

China is simply watching the US deplete its military warheads in a senseless war to please Benjamin Netanyahu. As you rightly said, Beinjieng will not join this war due to economic concerns. However, the US is losing its locus standi to caution China if they attack any neighbouring nation.  

To an extent, yeah. They're doing that, look at what they did exactly with Venezuela who was selling their oil with the Yuan. They also blocked China from buying directly from them and now with Iran, who the Chinese gets 90% of her oil imports under attack?! It is related if you pay close attention. I can not prove it completely but, it is the reason why China provides Iran with the necessary military intel to shoot down the United States military assest in the middle east.

Now, more like it, a lot of people are not being objective with their analysis of this ongoing war. The United States is strategically trying to frustrate China into submission economically, beyond all the noise of the Epstein Files and every other shenanigans. Donald Trump has been obsessed with bringing China down for years. Check all his past interviews, and he always references China as one of America's greatest enemies. This war is beyond just doing Israel's bidding.

[peter0425]

How long can the US sustain deployments of a military layer of logistics.
 How fast can the US mass power its defensive artilaries

Despite US being always at the forefront of the headlines, people forget Israel is also involved in this war. Israel has been striking Iran as well. Both US and Israel are basically joining forces. The other countries within the region are the ones being affected the most and so they are the ones most likely to join a particular side.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Now, more like it, a lot of people are not being objective with their analysis of this ongoing war. The United States is strategically trying to frustrate China into submission economically, beyond all the noise of the Epstein Files and every other shenanigans. Donald Trump has been obsessed with bringing China down for years. Check all his past interviews, and he always references China as one of America's greatest enemies. This war is beyond just doing Israel's bidding.

Many believe that Trump is being manipulated by Netanyahu and that the US attack on Iran was to please Israel. But imo, everything Trump is doing, from arresting Maduro and controlling Venezuela's oil to attacking Iran is aimed at benefiting the US, and a second goal is to contain China.

The loss of two major oil suppliers as well as two close allies, has clearly weakened China significantly. It can be said that every action of Trump has a clear goal and intention, and he always put the interests of the US first when he succeeds in containing its most powerful adversary.

[Dunamisx]

Let's go back to history, China do not commit themselves to any country's war or fight for them ever since The third world war that occurred, you can see how they were unable to gain mastery over Taiwan despite the long time war with the support of US for Taiwan, the only maintain their own internal challenges and don't commit theirselves to any external war or affairs that relates to them coming to help others fight their battle, what's they are not directly affected or concerned, the remain mute about the situation and watch because they believe they have to protect their own integrity and save their weapons against any possible challenge may also face in future.

[Findingnemo]

How long people are going to support this atrocity and US is not being a superhero but just a puppet to Israel's government. China doesn't need to enter the field just a statement is enough to make a change in this conflict but China will not involve because they would love to see US is depleting their source which helps China more to strengthen their economy and turn into the dominant power.

[Kelward]

Trust me, if there was a way that China would benefit from interfering or coming to Iran’s rescue, then they will if the benefits are worth it. Their refusal to interfere isn’t necessarily because of the bonds because if you look at the situation critically, you’ll notice that those bonds serves as leverage because should China decide to dump those bonds, it’ll not hurt their reserves but also destabilize global market, so i don’t think those bonds are the reason china is refusing to take those strategic risks.

A powerful third party interferences in a war is all about interest nothing else, why waste your resources in a place that you won't get returns that will compensate for your interference. Maybe Iran, can offer China, a good deal but you cannot deny that China, will also seriously consider the opponent which is America, no matter how powerful you are you need to think twice before directly involving yourself in an American war. I guess that china, had considered every side and decided that staying on the side and watching is more favorable to them than coming to the rescue of Iran. If it happens and the war escalates it means that it can snowball into a ww3 which I believe no reasonable country wants.

[Tungbulu]

A powerful third party interferences in a war is all about interest nothing else, why waste your resources in a place that you won't get returns that will compensate for your interference. Maybe Iran, can offer China, a good deal but you cannot deny that China, will also seriously consider the opponent which is America, no matter how powerful you are you need to think twice before directly involving yourself in an American war. I guess that china, had considered every side and decided that staying on the side and watching is more favorable to them than coming to the rescue of Iran. If it happens and the war escalates it means that it can snowball into a ww3 which I believe no reasonable country wants.

Of course they’ve considered everything. According to recent stats, the US has invested and still investing several hundred billions of dollar in their military and war equipments more than China, meaning they’re far more prepared for war than China, Iran and perhaps few other countries combined. I think the stats say the US spends approximately 3-4x China’s official military budget, not just twice, which is crazy. I wouldn’t even pick a fight with US if I were China.

Plus, no country would wanna interfere in a war that doesn’t directly concern them, especially not with the US. And China benefits more from the US than they do from Iran and I mean economically, so the chances of China interfering are literally zero. The best they can do for Iran is sell some weapons and war machines to them at a subsidized rate, no more no less.

[Felicity_Tide]

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China is also finding out if alliances hold under pressure and if China itself can operate in multiple theaters of war simultaneously.

America is exercising deterrence by classic demonstration. This is the act of the deal being put into practice.

Lol, I think a lot of things here are a bit over exaggerated, probably due to how the western media has been able to paint the picture over the years. Trying to bring china into a conversation that literally doesn't concerns them is something that the US does quite often, so i'm not surprised. I can't necessarily argue if China has more equipment or the US does, but I guess we aren't ready to find out because we all genuinely know the country that is going to lose more. It's not really about you having more equipment... But it's about the destruction and damage afterwards.

Take a country like North Korea for example, do you think that initiating a war with them is ever a good idea?... You just don't want to fight with someone that has less or nothing to lose compare to you. And well, it seems the media has been feeding us with a lot of things in this current US/Israel-Iran war lately. Well, just so you know, 2 days ago, I noticed that my Twitter(X) had stopped giving me news that are heavily related to Iran's strikes, and other people also confirmed it as well. It seems Iran's retaliation wasn't good for the media, so they probably had to add a little touch of 'censor'. And just so you know, Iran's retaliation is directly to every US base across the middle east.

[Easteregg69]

China is very generous from what i know. Always some little extra thing in the box when i order something. Last time it was razors for a shave. Giggles.

Reminds me of my ecco shoes with vulcanized rubber soles. Politics took over on opinions. Babylon.