Once again we appear to be fighting the last war. Politicians are falling over themselves in a vain attempt to get re-elected, failing to address the long-term economic costs of the war and failing to protect our strategic interests as they rush to protect themselves.
The real "battle" of this generation will be with China and not Terrorism but it doesn't appear to be on anyone's radar. Lets take a look at how China's commercial interests are developing into strategic ones in the Middle East by looking at their relationship with Iran and Saudi Arabia.
China with is burgeoning middle class and phenomenal internal growth rates has been a net importer of oil since 1993 and is not only looking to Iran, which has the fourth largest oil reserves and second-largest oil reserves, to quench its domestic thirst but also moving methodically and strategically to strengthen its position in the Middle East. Who has come repeatedly to the defense of Iran's nuclear ambitions and who is making any threat of sanctions a moot point? China.
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