>>WASHINGTON — U.S. President George W. Bush wants Russian and Chinese help tightening the screws on Tehran’s ruling mullahs in an effort to stop Iran from tipping its formidable arsenal of missiles with nuclear warheads.<<
Yes, well.... Russia seems less on our side with each passing month. China would like to see us weakened. And our President has very little political capital left here or elsewhere.
The situation, in short does not look good. This isn’t a case of us trying to enforce U.N. rules without the U.N.’s approval. This is the largest funder, trainer and weapons supplier to terrorists in the world. They train and give missiles to people who rain them down on cities.
And we have no good options.
Da. Iran presents no foreseeable danger to either one of these authoritarian regimes. In the case of China particularly they are aggressively courting Iran as a trading partner. Each sees the US as at best a rival and at worst an enemy. I can only wonder--what could Bush possibly expect from these states...they will pursue their own interests, and currently that includes encouraging headaches and stumbling blocks for America.