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Why make up unsubstantiated claims about Chinese support, when it is known that Russia supports Iran with military hardware?
by tokai 7mo ago
Why make up unsubstantiated claims about Chinese support, when it is known that Russia supports Iran with military hardware?
- vkou 7mo agoRussia's pretty busy with its own war.
- ceejayoz 7mo agoBut probably itching to do to the US what the US did to them in Ukraine. (And doing so is likely to reduce US aid to Ukraine, as a bonus to them. Ukraine's certainly not likely to get Tomahawks and Patriots right now.)
- mcphage 7mo agoAnd what better way to support that by making some money selling weapons, especially if it gives you a chance to expand your manufacturing base due to increased demand?
- thisislife2 7mo agoContrary to popular belief, Iran's most important arms supplier has been China, and not Russia, in the last decade. To preserve its ties with Israel and Saudi Arabia, Russia has sometimes compromised arm shipments to Iran. Historically too, Russia has worked with France and Britain to undermine Iran, through the Shah.
- phtrivier 7mo agoTo be honest, I was thinking as much about Russia as about China, but I fumbled my geography by over-easting Moscow. Sorry.