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Originally Posted by KevinTheOmnivore
His other point seems to be that the UN and others will complicate matters, thus delaying immediate Israeli action.
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When Israel bombed the Osirak nuclear facility it was almost in the interest of Iran at the time...who also tried the same attack earlier that year. There is a working relationship (though very hushhush, including arms dealing) between the two States, with an oil pipeline involved. Israel's action against Iraq was heavily criticised at the time. There were UN resolutions, with the US siding against Israel, and Leftists flipped out. This was a month before Israel went into Beirut....Likud were in office, with Sharon as Minister of Defense.
The China thing is interesting, because the idea is if the US pulls their funding to Israel, then Red China will step in. Russia, and China both are trying to line up their cards, with potential partnerships with India (and India has a new defense agreement with Israel, because they bookend the Muslim States). With Russia, there is interest in bypassing the Arab states and providing oil to Europe and beyond. All more complicated and speculative then i can describe, but these relationships are the real future of the region.