| > If America literally invaded Iran, there is a good chance Chinese production comes to back them up. It could happen, but even if it did I'm not so sure how big a difference it would make, would highly depend on what weapons systems were provided. So far it doesn't seem like China is all that interested in getting all that involved in any conflict with Iran and the US. > At that point we're fighting with a long logistics chain on someone else's territory (giving them advantages of knowing the land, having local sympathies and having a greater reason to fight) while getting pelted by asymmetric-warfare tactics we can't meaningfully reciprocate. There's also many Iranians that hate the regime so it's hard to say how things would play out. > Why? Just remove their ability to destroy Israel. That's easier said than done, obviously one can keep bombing nuclear/missile facilities but I'm not sure how sustainable a strategy that is long term. > Keep taking out their nuclear programme from time to time and have the Congress ratify the JCPOA in case they come back to the table. JCPOA was just a delay tactic on the part of the Iranians. The main Iranian threats to the region are proxies, Missiles and Nukes. The JCPOA only addressed the Nukes issue over a limited time frame. |