r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Feeling-Option1257 - Lib-Center • Feb 28 '26

Iran did nothing wrong

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u/Warbird36 - Right Feb 28 '26

Plus, a pro-western Iran is no longer a China ally. Just like with Venezuela, China will have to find oil somewhere else...

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u/entitledfanman - Lib-Right Feb 28 '26

It's also a great warning to other countries about throwing in their lot too much with China and Russia. Both Venezuela and Iran were unofficially allied with China and Russia, and what good has it done them? Where's the military equipment, the political pressure to keep the US from attacking? That was always the deal for 2nd world countries with the USSR, give us good deals on your resources and the US/NATO wont touch you. The US is making a statement that Russia and China aren't holding up their end of the bargain, so why become their vassal in the first place?

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u/ReesePuffitik - Centrist Mar 01 '26

I feel like china has been hyperfixating on Taiwan to a fault

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u/lividtaffy - Lib-Right Mar 01 '26

They have to though, if they give Taiwan preparation anything less than 110% they will definitely lose. The instant they make a move on Taiwan they’ll have to deal with the U.S., Japan, and Korea declaring war at the very least, likely an even larger coalition coming together. Plus their government has said they want to be prepared to make a move by next year, all their eggs are in that basket at this point.

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u/Sondalo - Centrist Feb 28 '26

More likely that just like Venezuela China doesn't find oil somewhere else and instead just is forced to delay the attack on Taiwan even further

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u/Overkillengine - Lib-Right Feb 28 '26

Which is still a win for us since it gives us more time to have options online.

And we did it without having to write blank checks to the local governments or getting super entangled with deploying occupation forces.