What is it going to take?
I was recently doing a research paper for another class on the Iranian nuclear standoff and I have been wondering what it's going to take for every member of the Security Council with veto power on the same page to actually deal with Iran effectively. The western powers including the US and the EU countries seem to be together on what to do and want to take action, but China and Russia are not in agreement at all. After the recent report by the IAEA that Iran has done nothing in the past thirty days to comply with UN demands all the Chinese ambassador had to say was "There are a lot of problems in the region and we should not do anything that would cause the situation to become even more complicated." It seems China should be a little more concerned with the sitation than that. I think the entire issue comes down to money. China receives 12% percent of its oil supply from Iran and they will not do anything to cut off that supply including sanctions which other members of the Security Council have brought up. China knows that Iran has no interest in harming the relation the two countries have so they don't need to be concerned with what Iran will do if they develop nuclear weapons. China is under no obligations to come to the aid Israel or any other country Iran has threatened. So the question seems to be what is it going to take for China to join the other members of the securtiy council on finding a solution to this mounting problem? In my opinion I Don't think it's going to happen. China will never be on the same page as everyone else not as long as they're benefitting from Iran right now.
posted by laxguy @ 6:57 PM
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forgot the source...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4955698.stm
Not only is China tied to Iran through oil, but China also does a lot of trade with Iran. Of course China does not want to hinder its relationship with Iran, because it would suffer economically. The question of economics and Iran also comes into question with many European countries. The United States doesn’t care about enforcing sanctions on Iran, because it has no direct economic ties.
China has proven that it money is its lone motivation. The Chinese government has already signed oil agreements with Nigeria and Kenya -- two corrupt and abusive regimes -- this week alone.
I agree raoul duke, China looks to the money. Why should they care about the bad things Iran might do when they don't even care about their own people. "According to World Bank estimates, more than 152 million people in China in 2003 - mostly in rural areas of the lagging inland provinces - still live in poverty, on consumption of less than US $1 a day."
I think China is not going to do anything about Iran's uranium enrichment program. CHina is not threatened by Iran's islamic people, The United States is.So they are keep their economic relations with Iran. What i think is going to take to have China changed their mind is a nucler bomb exploding in a western nation(s) and hundred of thousands of lives.
I would argue that the world's superpowers have some moral obligation to involve themselves in world affairs. China's money-motivated position of non-involvement will have long term effects on the global community.
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