Why make up unsubstantiated claims about Chinese support, when it is known that Russia supports Iran with military hardware?

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phtrivier an hour ago | parent | next [-]

To be honest, I was thinking as much about Russia as about China, but I fumbled my geography by over-easting Moscow. Sorry.

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thisislife2 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Contrary 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.

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vkou 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Russia's pretty busy with its own war.

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ceejayoz 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

But 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.)

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vkou 15 hours ago | parent [-]

What US aid? Trump's been stonewalling it for them just fine.

	▲	ceejayoz 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I said "did to", not "is currently doing to".

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mcphage 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And 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?