My Take | China always ends up winning when the United States goes to war (with others)
Iran may prove another costly mistake for Washington as its global standing sinks even further, however the conflict turns out
Blessed are the peacemakers. Blessed also are those who stay out of trouble while the vainglorious and bloodthirsty go to war thinking they can dominate and win. Aggression almost never works out as intended, even with temporary success. More often than not, the warmongers don’t even achieve that much.
So good luck with imperialist-wannabes Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, and their latest war of aggression.
China will always stay out of other people’s fights. Never get entangled, never get involved. That’s why time and again, it says it doesn’t seek global dominance, despite Western propagandists’ claims to the contrary. That has been the secret sauce of China’s success.
How many times have you heard that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is a paper tiger, despite its hi-tech upgrade, because it hasn’t fought a proper war in decades? Or that Beijing is losing credibility and influence in the Middle East by not supporting Iran, which is not even an ally? Properly speaking, other than North Korea, China has no allies and therefore no military commitment.
It is no closer to Iran than, say, Brazil. Western warmongers actually want China to support Iran – and Russia – militarily so it can be discredited like the Soviets during the Cold War, but that’s the quiet part they can’t say out loud.
Well, let’s leave all the influence and credibility gaps in the Middle East to Trump and Netanyahu and see how far that gets them.