They bomb balochi terrorists, the same ones that threatened to attack China in Pakistan.
I mean it's pretty simple, Pakistan isn't even the main country they attacked. They did strikes across a few friendly countries, aimed at pro US/pro Israeli terrorists infesting those areas. So when China for example activates assets/flies spec ops to defeat cartel warlords in SEA, does that mean China is not a friend anymore to say Myanmar, Laos etc? No, it just means it helps other countries keep their houses in line, if they're not stable enough to do so.
And that's clearly the case for Syria and Iraq (where they also succeeded in assassinating a major Mossad connected figure). For Pakistan, more questionable since they're generally more stable than the others.
But clearly Pakistan doesn't care, if they viewed it as a real attack, it'd be war. Instead, they went after more US friendly terrorist, just inside Iran. And Iran didn't shoot them down for it either, so it's clear Iran doesn't care as well.
right, so you think it's okay to just do extra-territorial killing?
What if Iran strikes inside China to attack known terrorists? Would you be okay with that?
Did it look like Pakistan not care about this? They did their own counter strike and kicked out Iran's Ambassador?
Did Iran start wars with certain Western countries after they did extra-territorial killing of its generals? Did they? If not, then extra-territorial killing clearly isn't justification for war.
It's amazing to me how you are making so many excuses for Iran.
Pakistan is a failed state that has received dozens of billions of investment from China and not much to show for it. They also have no ability to combat terrorism inside their territory and they are now getting closer to the Americans. I don't feel sorry for them.
The Iranian attack inside Pakistan (not against Pakistan, obviously) was stupid and not defensible, but it has nothing to do with China and is very unlikely to escalate. Iran needs to learn to respect others' sovereignty and Pakistan needs to get serious on terrorism. Sadly, just urging them to stop terrorism doesn't seem to be very effective.
Why would Iran feel it owes something to China for the Saudi deal? Didn't China gain a lot of diplomatic clout by being involved? All three parties benefited, nobody owes any favours. Where Iran does owe China is in the entry to brics and sco. However, I still believe that's mostly Russia's influence.
I think China is getting a lot of respect via the houthis with their Iranian weapons who don't target ships that advertise links to China.
in what we has Pakistan gotten closer to America? pakistan is basically the most loyal country to China. It's population consistently has one of the highest favorability of China. Has Pakistan done anything except buying more Chinese weapons, do more military cooperation with China and work with China on CPEC?
You are actually going to equate Iran to Pakistan? What has Iran done for China except putting China in an awful position right now?
Have they bought any Chinese hardware? Did they turn to China before they had no choice with the West?
Know who your friends are.
This is between Iran and Pakistan, and has nothing to do with China! It is an old story, and mostly reflects the many connections established by the CIA in Pakistan starting with the first Afghan war against the Soviet Union and maintained through the nineties and the last two decades. These ties have even been used against Pakistan itself, if we remember the Red Mosque incident. Terrorist incidents have often been perpetrated against Iran from Pakistani soil, and apparently this happened recently on the anniversary of Solemaini's death. This has everything to do with the continuous 40+ year "hybrid war" waged by the US against Iran.
I doubt China is anything but happy that Iran is taking terrorism seriously and combatting it. I see absolutely no evidence that China wants Iran to be "peaceful" towards these terrorists and none of this is "disrespectful to China". If anything, it is disrespectful to Baloch terrorists and their foreign backers. And China is not in a "terrible position" because it is nobody's nanny.
what a joke. You think China is happy that two of its "allies" are having this kind of serious spats? This won't get in a war, but China has worked hard to consolidate Sunni & Shiite relationship in the region, so that it can form united Muslim front against Western influence. This is clearly something that will divide that front.
As to this "ranking" of allies (Pakistan #1) it is pure fiction. No such ranking exists. In any case, Pakistan and China are "iron brothers" because of their common problem in India. Both countries need each other. However, I do not see any major cooperation on world affairs, or even regional affairs beyond this. In fact Pakistan has its problems with Afghanistan as well. I think the cooperation with the new BRICS countries is indeed more profound, even if it is newer. The new arrangements in the Middle East have Iran at their center, and these new arrangements are changing every equation for the US. I'm not sure where Pakistan fits in this, and I'm not sure they are very comfortable with the new Middle East. For what it's worth, I also don't think Turkiye or Qatar are very comfortable either.
Then you are unaware of just how much military cooperation there is between China and Pakistan. Pakistan has bought basically every piece of military hardware that China sells. It allowed China to see and measure up F-16 back in the days even when America was working pretty hard to forbid Chinese access to it. Through Pakistan, it has gained more understanding at how NATO style air forces operate. When China is ready, Gwadar will likely be a future naval port for China. Pakistan was the first country to buy Chinese nuclear plants and continue to buy more. Pakistan never complains when China runs these huge trade surpluses against it.
The most you can say about Pakistan is that it has weak leadership that have kept its economy weak.
Why do we need to make Iran the center of Middle East under BRICs? That's like the dumbest thing to do ever. There are so many Sunnis countries. why make Iran more important than it deserves? What has Iran done for China to get such loyal following in SDF?
I have no idea.
