PRC of the 1950s had nothing, basically Taliban level technology and precarious control over China proper and still managed to deal a bloody nose to the americans in korea and to the indians in '62. It's the Will to Fight that's lacking in Iran, not technology, hence why i and others here have been as critical as we have been towards Iran and to an extent Syria. Lack of willingness to fight in the face of an enemy that cannot be reasoned with, because it has no principles, by itself, that lack of willingness to fight indicates cowardice and the desire to accomodate the enemy, as the current Iranian regime is doing reflects a betrayal of the resistance against the anglo zionist world order. Indians are the same, it's like there's an arc of cowardice despite big talk and chest thumping that extends from the subcontinent to north africa. The 'gold chain races' as it were. Only the Houthis are the exception.
As those Chinese netizens pointed out, Chinese willingness to fight in Korea induced the Soviets to invest as much as they did to the PRC because the Soviet Union finally saw value in what PRC could be. Iran has yet to demonstrate it is worth Chinese treasure, let alone Chinese blood. Syria demonstrated its own cowardice, and its commitment more towards an islamic ummah rather than the syrian state in its own right. May the old gods and the new have mercy on its soul.
An effort to keep Ukraine onside and away from the West; a noble effort but futile in the long run.
