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It's a power play between east and west. China uses Iran and N.Korea as a leverage against the west. Russia does something similar with Syria. It's got nothing
by patrickk 15y ago
It's a power play between east and west. China uses Iran and N.Korea as a leverage against the west. Russia does something similar with Syria.
It's got nothing to do with Iran, N.Korea or even Israel ultimately. It's certainly got nothing to do with human rights (if so, why hasn't NATO invaded Darfur?) I'm going to stop now because this is becoming too political.
- philwelch 15y agoI didn't say human rights were a sincere motivation, just that they're a useful pretext, one of the cards on the table that one could play. Largely I think you're right.