Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Himalayan Miscalculation on Iran: Bringing China into the Mideast

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/08/2019 - 1:56pm |

By Juan Cole @ Informed Comment, Sept. 8

[....] This economic and financial blockade was supposed to bring Iran to its knees, push it out of Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, and perhaps (it was hoped by some in Trump’s circles) even pave the way to the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran in favor of the Marxist-Islamic People’s Jihadis (Mohahedin-e Khalq or MEK, which is alleged to have ties to Israeli intelligence).

Instead, Netanyahu and Trump have pushed Iran straight into the arms of China which is investing $400 billion in the country and which is now taking most of Iran’s oil exports. China seems intent on integrating Iran into its economy even more robustly than it had proposed with Pakistan [....]

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https://www.juancole.com/2019/09/netanyahus-himalayan-miscalculation.html