By Mr. Curmudgeon
At a time when energy costs are starting to rise, President Obama is struggling to see that his Chinese partner, who imports 11 percent of its oil from Iran, is well supplied in the event China joins the West in placing economic sanctions on Persia’s mullahs. Obama is hoping and praying the economic giant will help his bankrupt country prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. The question then arises: If China didn’t prevent its North Korea ally from developing nukes, what makes Obama think they’ll lift a finger to stop Iran? If anything, China reasons for helping Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are less craven and more threatening than the spineless weak sisters of the European Union.
Under pressure from the U.S., Saudi Arabia agreed to make up the loss to China in oil imports resulting from sanctions placed on Iran. Of America’s recent $6.5 billion dollar arms deal with Taiwan – which was arranged during the Bush administration – Obama nixed the sale of F-18 fighter jets and diesel-operated submarines. Obama, I’m sure, was surprised this bow to China didn’t curry much favor with our Asian “partner.”
This wasn't supposed to happen. Nixon, the U.S. State Department and American industry believed material wealth would convert China from an aggressive totalitarian beast into a docile materialistic giant. It never occurred to them That China was nimble enough to be both. Like the old saying goes, “Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal.”
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