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Originally Posted by Bubba  But the fact is, China is presently somewhat of an ally.. |
Are they? Are they an ally or a trade partner. There is a difference. Britian is an ally. China is not...
China's Ally Escalating Proxy War with Israel Confident of Chinese support at the United Nations, Iran is escalating its proxy war with Israel, intensifying efforts to involve Syria in the conflict, and accelerating its secret nuclear weapons development program.
The next 48 hours could be critical. Some Israeli and American analysts believe (a) Hezbollah is poised to strike Tel Aviv, and (b) Syria is preparing to enter the conflict.
Iran could even strike Israel directly, according to some experts. Not for nothing, they say, have Iranian leaders been threatening to "wipe Israel off the map."
And Al Qaeda's call for global jihad--and unprecedented appeal for support from non-Muslims among the world's "downtrodden"--as previously reported, could also signal preparations for all-out Islamist war against Israel and the West.
Friday's developments seemed truly ominous. Hezbollah fired more than 100 missiles into Israel--including previously unknown long-range rockets--wounding at least six people. The longer-range "Khaibar 1" missiles landed in an open area near the town of Afula, around 33 miles from the Lebanese border. The rocket--named for Mohammed's battle with Jewish tribes in Medina--carried a 100 kg (220 lb.) payload of explosives in its warhead.
The strike matched the farthest distance that Hezbollah rockets have landed inside Israel since the fighting began on July 12. In all, the Shiite terrorist army, which is funded and directed by Iran, has fired more than 1,500 rockets into the Jewish State since starting the conflict with a cross-border raid.
In addition to Afula, the Israeli towns of Kiryat Shemona, Nahariya, Rosh Pina and Karmiel were hit on Friday.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (pictured above) has vowed to take the war deeper into Israel, suggesting there could be strikes south of the city of Haifa. Should Hezbollah missiles hit Tel Aviv, Israel would almost certainly respond with a massive retaliation, including, possibly, attacking Iranian/Hezbollah ally Syria.
In Iran's view, an Israeli retaliatory strike against Syria would compel a counterattack. Conventional wisdom says Syria would lose badly in a military confrontation with Israel. But Tehran may be counting on a Hezbollah barrage of longer-range missiles--some of which could be equipped with chemical warheads--to strengthen Syria's offensive capabilities.
In the event of a wider war, Syria could conceivably recover all or part of the Golan Heights, which Israel captured during the Six-Day War of June 1967. More likely, a humiliating Syrian defeat by Israel would lead to the fall of Syria's secular regime. Sunni Islamists--the long suppressed Muslim Brotherhood--could come to power.
Either way,
Iranian influence throughout the region would increase. As shown by the impressive degree of coordination between Sunni Palestinian Hamas and Shiite Lebanese Hezbollah, Islamists are setting aside their traditional religious rivalries to challenge Israel and its ally, the United States.
And China ... under US pressure to influence its oil-rich ally, Iran, and control its nuclear-armed, missile-proliferating vassal, North Korea ...
could not be happier.
Funny...doesn't sound like an ally to me....
China Confidential: China's Ally Escalating Proxy War with Israel