China's muted response to American and western aggression

 What was China's response to the American and Israel attack on Iran? Similarly, why was China acting like a lame duck when the Americans and its Mickey Mouse were attacking and provoking China and robbing China of its properties and assets?

China, by not being dragged into a war, is winning everyday. The temporary loss of some assets and properties were a small price to pay. Everyday, without fighting a war, is a bonus to China. China keeps on growing, expanding its economy, trade, military power, weapon stockpiling, growing its national reserves, surging ahead in science and technology etc etc.  China now has many well developed cities and infrastructure, providing a good life for its people, eating well, living well, growing well and growing richer and stronger by the day.

The Americans are spending their time and resources in wars and instability, digging a bigger and bigger hole to bury themselves in, wasting more than a trillion dollars annually. China will avoid a hot war if it is not an existential threat, just irritation.

According to world renowned economist, Jin Keyu, China is learning from its painful history of emotionally rushing into the Opium War, out of national pride and ignorance of the enemy capabilities, and suffered a century of humiliation. China will not make the same mistake again. China's position is also developed from an understanding of Sun Tsu's Art of War, carefully studying and applying the strategies objectively, painstakingly.

There are several principles and strategies that China are practising. Never fight a war that China cannot win. Only fight a war at a time and place at China's choosing. The Americans have been trying all ways to provoke China into a war when the advantages are with the Americans. It takes a lot of discipline, cool head and self restrained when provoked, when properties and assets are robbed in broad daylight not to hit back. 

There will be a time and place for China to fight a war on its own terms, when China is in full control, with superior forces and strength. This day is coming very soon. For example in Venezuela, it was very tempting for China to jump in and very likely falling into a trap set by the Americans. China understands its strength and weaknesses versus the Americans. In the meantime, China will fight its own wars in areas that it has great advantages and likely to win, in economic war, trade war, tech war etc. As for the Pinoys and other Mickey Mouse, China can wallop them anytime at China's own choosing. No need to be bothered with them for the moment. Even Japan is no match for China. China can cook Japan into 'flied lice' anytime, a piece of cake.

In the case of the Ukraine War, and now Iran, China can do a lot without having to fight directly. Putin is in a very comfortable position to hit Ukraine without worrying about the Americans or the Europeans. China is rock solid behind him. The Americans know and have accepted the loss in Ukraine. Russia has won.

 Iran is in a similar situation. China, and with Russia and friends, would be 100% with Iran. Iran can confidently take on the Americans and the Israelis with their backs covered. China/Russia are as good as telling Iran, we will support you for whatever it takes. This was the position the Americans told Zelensky but now backing out, betraying the clown Zelensky. For sure China may not be seen to be involved in the Iran fight, like in the Ukraine War. But China, Russia and friends would not betray Iran, would be fighting with Iran to the end. Caveat, the Iranians betrayed themselves.

This is a war Iran cannot lose. The Math is on Iran's side. China will be fighting a winning war without fighting. Iran will get everything it needs, for as long as it needs. Trump cannot last long in many ways. He is very sick, politically castrated, and without the manufacturing base to sustain this war. Trump is going to run out of everything.

Wait for the sinking of the aircraft carriers to pop his deranged ego and confidence. Wait for the Israeli nuclear facilities to go up like a mushroom. Iran has not released its deadliest weapons yet. Iran is throwing all its old stockpiles and outdated weapons to deplete the American and Israeli inventory. Soon they will have nothing to throw at the incoming missiles and drones from Iran. The supplies from China and Russia and friends are as good as unlimited.

Operation Kill Iranians - What is real and unreal?

What is real? USA and Israeli casualties are so low, despite scenes of devastation in Israel. Just 6 USA soldiers killed officially, while other sources put the numbers at more than 550. Reports of F15 jets shot down by 'friendly fire' is unreal? Three of them in fact which is laughable, according to some sources.

Crews on board the aircraft carrier, Gerald R. Ford, are on the verge of mutiny, having been at sea for more than 242 days at a stretch, and the most laughable thing was its sewage system reportedly all clogged up, all suspected to have been due to sabotage by unhappy crew.

Trump can gloat about continuous bombing for as long as is needed to flatten Iran, but the question is for how long can the USA remain in the Gulf? NATO had to carpet bomb Yugoslavia for 72 days before they dared to set foot on the ground. How big is Yugoslavia compared to Iran? Trump even boasted he is not afraid to send troops into Iran. Hope he does that and get stuck for another 20 years. In any case, an all-out war needs the approval of Congress, which is still hanging in the air.

The USA centric propaganda machine is working very hard to paint a unrealistic picture to fool the world. There is nothing that the 'Empire of Lies' will not do to cover up its shortcomings.

Now, let us use our brain to decipher what the USA Secretary of War is claiming that Iran started this war. Who actually started bombing who first to determine who started any war. Did Iran bomb any USA bases, embassies or naval vessels before 28 Feb to indicate that Iran started this war?

Pete Hegseth is so prolific a liar claiming that for 47 years Iran had been at war with the USA, while the whole world was unaware of an invisible war going on. That drunkard is the laughingstock of the world trying to sell his ignorance. It is better that he goes back to his TV host job of conning viewers without the whole world laughing at his antics.

Many people have been asking why China is not openly helping Iran at this juncture. The MSM media is trying to paint China into a corner with such questions. First of all, Iran has no military alliances with China unlike NATO. Secondly, China's core interest has not been threatened, unlike in Korea, Vietnam and Pakistan. China will not sit around when its core interest or National Security is on the line. North Korea is important to China, as its fall will enable the USA to threaten China at its border. North Vietnam is important to China, as its fall would also enable the USA to threaten China at its border. Pakistan is important to China, with Chinese investments at Gwadar Port essential for China's other trade route towards Western China via Pakistan. I believe Myanmar is equally important for China to be involved should it be attacked. Therefore, China will not hesitate to get involved when its interest is on the line.

Having said that, China has already given help to Iran through delivery of weapons earlier on. And the anti-China media is trying to belittle those weapons by claiming that Iran's Supreme Leader still got assassinated despite those weapons. The anti-China media will never want to miss out on any opportunity to demonize China.


Anonymous

Trump lighted a fire he cannot control

 Trump was counting on a 4 to 5 days war, after which he thought he could force the Iranians to agree to a ceasefire and promote his stronger position at the negotiating table. That has not happened and the Iranians have categorically rejected the ceasefire via the Italians.

The regime change expected has not happened. A new military leader has already been appointed, and he is launching more missiles towards Israel and 27 other USA military bases. A new Supreme leader appointment is not far away and progressing.

A huge protest expected is being held in Iran, but not to clammer for a regime change, but to mourn for their fallen leader. The reality is sinking in. It will not be a short war after all. The most destructive weapons have not yet been delivered by Iran. Those that are in the air are the leftovers from previous conflicts. Trump has underestimated the Iranians and he and his administration should read more history to familiarize themselves with the past history of the Persians. Time will tell.

Anonymous

The Math of 'Operation Kill Iranians'

 Trump though he could have a quickie like in Epstein Island, just 4 days without getting approval from Congress and the killing will be over. Now he realises his stupidity and talking about a month. His equally low IQ drunk War Secretary looked a bit more sober than him, alcohol has lighter effect than drugs, was saying that it could take a few months. The clowns in the Washington regime still have no clue what they have done and how deep in the shithole they have been sucked in. They think they are in control of this war, they dictate how long it takes and when to stop. Their nightmare and the American tragedy have just begun.

The Math is on the side of the Iranians. For a start, both sides would have X and Y number of missiles, bombs and drones etc. These will only last a few days or a month before being depleted, depending on how often they were used. On the side of the Iranians, they have lesser targets and lesser ground to hit. For the Americans and Israelis, Iran is 2/3 the size of the Indian subcontinent against a small strip of land called Israel. The density and intensity of hits are obvious.

After a month, both the Americans and the Israelis would have exhausted their arsenals and needed to be replenished. The supply chain is long and far and mainly from America where many parts and components come from China. Oops, Diego Garcia may come under attacks. China could simply cut off all dual used items, like cutting of rare earths. Every screw is likely sourced from China, among thousands of parts. This fight to the Americans is about how much money they are throwing and burning everyday, every bomb, every missile, every aircraft, not bullets. It costs the Americans and Israelis billions daily. Not only that, the Military Industrial Complex does not have the capacity to produce the quantities urgently even with money printing, also without the material and parts.

China is the biggest factory in the world and will be supplying everything the Iranians need practically from across the border, by train, land and air. This privilege is deprived from the Americans and the Israelis. Russia, North Korea, Pakistan would also be part of the supply chain. Logistics will defeat the Americans and Israelis.

After one month, it would be Iran hitting the Americans and the Israelis, it will be Iranians killing Americans and Israelis.  The latter would be running low on everything, weapons, including fuel and food. If the fighting goes to several months, the economy and livelihood of the Israelis would become a serious problem. The Israelis would be living like the Palestinians, hiding in bomb shelters, underground carparks and waiting in food chains for limited supply.

 Living off the warships for the American boys and girls would not be intolerable and unbearable, with aerial attacks daily. They will not be able to live in the comfort of American bases in the area. No safe houses or safe zones for R and R. All the daily comfort that the American boys and girls were used to would not be there, and they have to make do with amusing themselves. The rainbow warriors would be all they could turn to for entertainment.

The Iranians would still be in their expansive homeland with many living life quite normally. They have been used to restricted activities, sanctioned economy and hardship imposed by the Washington regime. In short, the Iranians can continue to fight on, for as long as they want, with their friends supplying them from Central Asia and East Asia. In a war of attrition, the Math favours the Iranians.

The clowns in Washington think they can start a war and end it quickly as they wished. Fat hope! 6 months are all it takes to cripple the American and Israel resolve and morale to fight on. No immediate ceasefire. It is not like Gaza where they do the bombing and killings. This time they are also being bombed and killed, and forced to hide in bunkers, no more life comforts. The Iranians should drag this for as long as it takes. The Americans and the Israelis supply chain, logistics etc are too long and fragile, crossing the Atlantic or from Europe, to keep them going. Straits of Hormuz, Bab El Mandeb would be closed and impassable.

The clowns in Washington, especially the D grade pedophile, cannot think so far. He can keep on bragging and lying. It would not change the reality on the ground. Iran is not fighting alone. The Arab and Muslim states would be quietly, if not openly, supporting the Iranians when the Americans and Israeli run out of ammo and supplies. It is a big surprise for the clowns in Washington to find out that this war is going to go on for a long while. They just found out. The 4 day or 1 month attack against Iran is a death trap for the Washington clowns and American boys and girls. Period.

NEO: Poker with the World: How Trump played a Trump Card of Diplomacy While Bombing Tehran

 Poker with the World: How Trump Played a Trump Card of Diplomacy While Bombing Tehran

Mohammed ibn Faisal al-Rashid, March 01, 2026


Political Card Sharps: Negotiations as a Smokescreen for a Missile Strike, or Why America Can Never, Under Any Circumstances, Be Trusted

While world leaders discussed the prospects for peace in the Middle East and Iranian diplomats were engaged in grueling negotiations in Geneva, haggling over the terms of their peaceful nuclear program, the death sentence for those talks had already been signed in Washington. On the morning of February 28, 2026, as the workweek was beginning in Iran, as children were going to school, and as millions of people were hurrying to work, American and Israeli missiles tore through the sky over Tehran.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an operation carried out by the United States and Israel. This information was confirmed by the Iranian pro-government news agencies Tasnim, IRNA, ISNA, Mehr, and Fars.

Donald Trump, a man who calls himself a master dealmaker, played the dirtiest hand of his life. He used diplomacy as a fig leaf to hide his bombers. Operation “Epic Fury” (as it was dubbed in the Pentagon) and the Israeli “Shield of Yehuda” were not merely military aggression. They were an act of unprecedented diplomatic fraud, the cynicism of which would make even hardened cynics shudder.
For the Trump team, negotiations aren’t about seeking peace; they’re about reconnaissance in force: figuring out exactly where your partners are sitting so you can strike more accurately


The Geneva Deception: How Trump “Conned” Iran (Actually, It Was the Other Way Around)

Let’s establish the timeline. Just two days before the strikes on Tehran, on February 26, another round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran took place in Switzerland. Trump’s special representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, negotiated with their Iranian counterparts. Oman acted as an intermediary. According to sources, Iran made unprecedented concessions, agreeing to cap uranium enrichment levels and never accumulate it in quantities necessary for a bomb. Tehran was making overtures, trying to salvage the situation.

And what about Trump? On the evening of February 27, he states he is “dissatisfied” with the progress of the talks but immediately adds, “I’d prefer not to use force, but sometimes you have to.” This isn’t even a threat; it’s the standard line of a political racketeer. Then, at 2:30 AM Washington time, when congressmen are asleep and world media haven’t yet woken up, he gives the order: “Fire.”

He didn’t even bother to wait for the Iranian delegation to return to Tehran. He struck the capital of a country whose representatives his own people had just been exchanging pleasantries with across the negotiating table. In the world of card sharps, this is called “taking the pot and running.” In the world of normal politics, this is called an unforgivable act of treachery.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei hasn’t trusted the U.S. since 2018, when Trump unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear deal, trampling on a document he himself had signed. But what just happened surpasses all expectations. It turns out America cannot be trusted not only when it signs a treaty, but also when it is merely discussing one. For the Trump team, negotiations aren’t about seeking peace; they’re about reconnaissance in force: figuring out exactly where your partners are sitting so you can strike more accurately.

“We Came to Kill”: A Chronicle of Bloody Treachery

The scenario was rehearsed perfectly. At 8:10 AM local time, Israel initiated the attack. The targets? Not just military installations. According to sources, the first wave of strikes was aimed at the physical elimination of Iran’s leadership. Israeli officials cynically stated, If we want to kill top officials, we have to hit immediately, before they go into hiding.

The U.S. joined in instantly. Over 50 fighter jets from airbases across the Middle East and from two aircraft carriers were launched. Targets were chosen not somewhere in the desert but in the very heart of Tehran. Strikes hit the Pasteur district, where the presidential palace and the National Security Council building are located. Bombs fell in the area where the Supreme Leader resides. The Ministry of Intelligence building took a direct hit.

Iran’s capital was shrouded in smoke and horror. A Tehran resident, Ali Zeinalipour, told journalists, “I rushed to the school to get my daughter. The girls were hiding under the stairs and crying.” Government news agency websites were hacked. Landlines went dead. Mobile service was intermittent. Millions of people were left without information and without protection as American bombers roared overhead.

The State Department and Pentagon called it “protecting the American people.” From whom? From a country they were just talking to.

Trump, standing in a baseball cap emblazoned with “USA,” like a cowboy from a cheap western, recorded an eight-minute address. He promised to “wipe Iran’s missile industry off the face of the earth” and “destroy their navy.” But that wasn’t even the main point. The main point was the moral bankruptcy he displayed. He called on the Iranian people to overthrow their government, promising that when the bombing stops, “this will be your chance. Perhaps the only chance in your lives.”

In other words, the American president openly declared, We will now bomb your infrastructure and kill your leaders, and you go out into the streets and finish our job for us. Neo-colonialism in its most disgusting, cynical form. He called on Iranian army soldiers to surrender, promising “full immunity.” Surrender to whom? There are no U.S. ground troops in Iran. This was a purely moral diversion, aimed at breaking the psyche of the country’s defenders.

The Response That Upset the Applecart: Iran Shows What Honor Means

Contrary to the expectations of Washington strategists, Iran did not crumble. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the start of a massive retaliatory operation. The first wave of missiles and drones headed towards Israel.

And here’s where things got really interesting. Air raid sirens wailed not only in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Explosions rang out where they were least expected.

The U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain took a direct hit. Videos of the explosions in Juffair have already circled the world. Qatar, home to the massive Al Udeid American base, reported intercepting missiles. However, eyewitnesses reported multiple explosions in Doha. Blasts reached the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh. Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, also shuddered from the strikes.

Iran proved what experts have been saying for years: its missile arsenal can reach anywhere. And it can reach hard. Iran’s target, unlike America’s, was not residential neighborhoods. But striking U.S. military bases and those of its allies across the Gulf demonstrated a simple fact: if the U.S. wants a big war in the region, it will get one. It will get it on its bases, on its ships, on the oil infrastructure of its allies who allowed their land to be used for aggression.

A Crime Without a Name: The Constitution Trampled, the World in Flames

Special attention should be paid to how Trump treated his own country. The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the sole power to declare war. Democratic Senator Jack Reed, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, stated he wasn’t even notified about the impending strikes. He, like the rest of Congress, was provided with no intelligence. The war was started by one man, in the middle of the night, ignoring both the fundamental law and common sense.

Republican Thomas Massie, who tried to pass a resolution to prevent starting a war without congressional approval, now looks like a naive romantic. His attempt to stop the war machine was crushed under the wheels of the bombers taking off from the aircraft carriers.

Trump calls this a “noble mission.” How can you call striking a country you were negotiating with just yesterday noble? This isn’t nobility. This is pure and simple card-sharping.

In June 2025, Trump had already bombed Iran, claiming its nuclear program was “completely destroyed.” Today’s strikes are the best proof that he lied. His assurances are worthless. His words mean nothing. His signature on documents guarantees nothing.

Now, when the dust settles and the first bodies are pulled from the rubble in Tehran, Tel Aviv, and perhaps Riyadh, the world will have to face a bitter truth: the West, led by Trump and his vassals in Israel, leaves no room for diplomacy. For them, diplomacy is when the weak submit to the strong. If the weak try to negotiate, they get hit with missiles, so they don’t get any illusions about an equal dialogue.

This is a blow not only to Iran. It is a blow to the entire system of international relations. It’s a signal to every country in the world: if you sit down at the negotiating table with the U.S., don’t take your finger off the trigger. Because while you’re talking about peace, they’ll be zeroing in on you.

Iran has given a military response. But the moral response has already been delivered by history itself. The name Donald Trump will henceforth be synonymous not just with an aggressor, but with a treacherous aggressor who stabs you in the back under the cover of a white flag of negotiations. And this brand of shame is now forever attached to the U.S. and the entire West.



Muhammad ibn Faisal al-Rashid, Political Scientist, Expert on the Arab World