To the editor,
I’m so glad for all that Trump is doing to Iran and everything he has to deal with. Trump has warned China not to supply Iran with NE air defense systems. China planned to supply air defense systems to Iran during the recent two-week ceasefire, according to US intelligence reports. On April 11, Trump said China would face “big problems” if it did.
Trump is right to issue that warning of unpleasant consequences and right also to unbraid Beijing publickly for its help to Tehran while the latter is at war with the US. China has propped up both Iran and Russia by buying their oil and helping keep both dictatorships afloat.
Beijing poses as a peacemaker in public, even as it fills the war chests of America’s adversaries in both conflicts. Approximately 60% of the Russian war effort in Ukraine is “being bankrolled” by China, Britain’s air marshall Edward Springer told a gathering of Parliamentarians in February.
China has even “discreetly built supply lines going to drone factories in Russia.” China has spent $10 billion in dual-use technology to Russia, including navigation equipment, microchips, drone parts, engines, and specialized machinery. It has helped make Russia’s war against Ukraine possible.
Beijing has similarly destabilized the Middle East by backing the Islamic Republic, the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism, and supplied it with advanced surveillance technology to repress the domestic population, satellite navigation systems to steer drones and missiles, and sodium perchlorate to fuel rockets.
Michael Busch
Huron
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