The Chinese Proxy, Iran, Keep Americans Bogged Down In The Middle East While China Plans To Move On Taiwan Before Trump Leaves Office.

The great trick of modern geopolitics is that the most dangerous wars are often not the ones that begin with armies crossing borders, but the ones that drain a nation’s attention, patience, and will. America, once a civilization capable of seeing the whole board, now seems condemned to stare at the Middle East like a man hypnotized by a fire in one room while someone quietly breaks into the house through the back door. Iran understands this. China understands it even better. And together they exploit an American political class that confuses motion with strategy and noise with strength.

Iran is not merely a regional nuisance. It has become the perfect proxy instrument: cheap,........

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