[nw_arizona_granny]

I thought the Russia/China oil deal was a done deal?

One way to read this appears to be, if we attack Iran, then
China and India will support Iran.

and Russia does what?

[sukhoi-30mki]

Nowhere is it said that India would support Iran-that's what the writer of this article expects(he's in all probability an Iranian).India buys just too much weaponry from Israel -it won't risk that to support Iran.Besides the ties with US are at an all-time high,so why waste that too??
The Indo-Iranian relationship is purely interest based & is sort of the extended one night stand that the US is so familiar with(Iran,Saudi Arabia,the PRC till 1989).

PS-it was China & Pakistan which supplied Iran a huge chunk of it's nuclear & missile tech.

[sukhoi-30mki]

China (& to a lesser degree,India) are scouring the world for new energy reserves-Central Asia,Africa,Siberia,the Middle East.You cannot depend on one country ,esp if it's a hotbed like Iran.China has been pumping in millions into several African countries to build their infrastructure & in turn get access to their oil resources.It's pretty much neck & neck ,between India & China in Angola .

[Calpernia]

That is what I meant by the broken deal with Russia.

[Cronos]

One way to read this appears to be, if we attack Iran, then China and India will support Iran.

Err... NO. IF we attack Iran, China, russia and india will do didly squat. They aren't going to get involved against us -- they don't dare. They would want a piece of the oil action afterwards. They won't oppose us and India and Russia may even help us if we put in a government favorable to them.