Iran is backed by China does that tie the US's hands?

Question

The United States has threatened swift action on sanctions after Aug. 31 if Iran does not heed the UN demand. But Russia and China, both major trading partners with Iran, have been unwilling to impose sanctions and could frustrate such a move in the Security Council.In the first seven months of 2006, Chinese trade with Iran reached $7.9 billion, a jump of 43.9 percent on the same period last year, driven by rising Iranian oil exports, according to Chinese Customs statistics.


Russia singed a billion dollar contract Dec 05 to ugrade the Iranian militrary - will the US have to back down or face China and Russia?

Answer 1

Well now you KNOW what is going to trigger WW3

Answer 2

IMO the US can use diplomacy to bring the PRC and Russia in line. With China the US can use it's trade leverage behind the scenes, and reassure the Chinese on their oil supply. If there was US backing for a potential Fort McMurray to Prince Rupert pipeline that would be helpful, as well as assuring the Chinese that they would get their share of Alaskan oil. There are about 200 million Muslims in China, so they fear potential Islamic fundamentalism even more than the west does. That's always going to limit how friendly China gets with Iran.

With Russia it may be a little more difficult, but in the end Putin values his relations with the US more than he does with Iran. After all, Russia is an oil exporting nation so Iran is a competitor and higher oil prices don't hurt Russia.

Answer 3

Actually this is the US that has given so much importance to Russia and China's decision and is giving a misleading self-image to them.If they veto a serious decision of the UN Security Council against mullahs of Iran the whole world will understand who are the main supporters of barbarism and terrorism. I think US should wait no more to be played by Russia and China who want to elongate the precious time needed by mullahs to complete their nuclear arsenal.
It is quite clear that after mullahs make the bomb and start blackmailing US ( or even use the bomb by their terrorists on a small scale in the US ( a small city for example ) Russia and China do not care. The US should stop begging those b.as.tards for new useless resolutions and attack Iran before it is too late.

Answer 4

I remember a statement in a Chinese newspaper after the U.S. invaded Iraq. "If the United States thinks this is going to be the New American Century, they are wrong".

After 9-11, the U.S. pulled out of Saudi Arabia, home to 15 of the 19 hijackers. The U.S. obviously felt the need to establish a presence elsewhere in the middle east to watch over their strategic interests. China has strategic interests in the middle east as well.

Will the U.S. fight a war with China in the middle east? Will Iranians and Iraqis align themselves with China instead of the United States?
Is Iran merely inserting itself between the U.S. and China as way to gain leverage?
If the hand's of the U.S. were tied by China, I would imagine that would put the U.S. in a much more difficult and desperate position. That could lead to a serious confrontation.
Otherwise China may need to prop up the U.S. economy to prevent the collapse of its largest trading partner. They may not do that. We may have to sell them U.S. assets on the cheap. (ports, oil cos., airlines, ect)
Probably the best deal would be a split. China takes Iran and the U.S. takes Iraq. Welcome to geopolitics.
I think we'll just have to stay tuned.

Answer 5

North Korea has various communicate, and that's approximately it. Their guidance structures are destructive at maximum suitable. in the event that they objective one in direction of Hawaii, they'll probable hit Tahiti. they have not got the working technologies to mount a clever nuke atop a missile. they could extremely get one to pass off in a cave. With all that mentioned, they are starting to be a genuine discomfort interior the posterior. Obama isn't waiting to commit any materials, and, he shouldn't. we've greater beneficial than adequate technologies in South Korea to counter any action wanting an entire scale land invasion. you're able to bear in concepts that the rhetoric comes from a puny little despot and not the folk as an entire. specific, they have been brainwashed, yet it isn't any reason to obliterate them.

Answer 6

Bush won't get a security council mandate to go into Iran. If he does try to move unilaterally he can't do that without going to congress and there is no way that they will approve military action in Iran even with republican control. Not before the mid-term election.

Answer 7

Chinese trade with one California county exceeds that of Iran. China will have to decide if it wants oil or the US market. We know which it will choose because they know they will still get the oil even if it goes the way the US wants.

The Russian equipment blows up just as easily now as it has in the past. Russia is not a concern; they won't get in the way.

Answer 8

Who cares!? The U.S. always has and always will have to stand alone and do what is right for America. If that means knocking out Iran's nuclear capabilities alone, so be it. Are you willing to wait until they fire nuclear weapons at us? Iran took U.S./American hostages from our embassy back in 1979. They have backed all the major terrorist groups from Abu Nidal, PLO, Al-Queda, Hammas, to Hezbollah. Their President WANTS a war with Israel and/or the U.S. At what point do you get into a fight with your enemy? Do you wait until they have the same advantages as you or do you fight them when/while you can overwhelm them with superior force? Because that's what a war is you know......Whomever the U.S. has to terminate is fine with me in so long as they do it soon and completely.

(Maybe after the U.S. colonizes these new U.S. territories oil prices will go down!)

Answer 9

It doesn't exactly tie our hands, but if we can't put together a sizable coalition of the willing on this issue you can expect an American city (possibly several and some others around the world too) to get nuked sometime in the next 10 years.

Of course the damned liberals have been making noises like "We're the terrorists and we have nukes, why shouldn't Iran have them too?" DUH!

Answer 10

China and Russia tried to negotiate with them already and left frustrated. Iran didn't play ball with them either so they are back on the UN's side.

Answer 11

Not really...
Neither Russian nor China are about to go to war over Iran...