As the United States tries desperately to become bosom allies with Iran, the chicoms will turn against them.

And unlike our Charley Male president, China won’t have any problems at all making sure the nutjob Holocaust lovers snap to and salute.

BEIJING — …June, China… signed a $5 billion deal … natural gas field in Iran. In July, Iran invited Chinese…to join a $42.8 billion project…in August,…China, Tehran and Beijing struck another deal,… $3 billion,..

…appalled the Democratic chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Representative Howard L. Berman of California, who called them “exactly the wrong message” to send to an Iran that seemed determined to flout international nuclear rules.

China not only holds a veto but has also been one of Iran’s more reliable defenders.

….said Zalmay Khalilzad, who as the American ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush helped persuade China to approve limited sanctions against Iran. “They don’t see Iran in the same way as we do.”

François Godement, … put it more bluntly. “Basically,” he said, “the rise of Iran is not bad news for China.”

In contrast, China’s economic links to Tehran are growing rapidly, and China’s leaders see Iran not as a threat but as a potential ally. Nor would the Chinese be distressed, the reasoning goes, should a nuclear-armed Iran sap American influence in the region

“Chinese leaders view Iran as a country of great potential power, perhaps already the economic and, maybe, militarily dominant power in that region,” said John W. Garver,author of “China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World.”

An alliance with Tehran, he said, would be a bulwark against what China suspects is an American plan to maintain global dominance by controlling Middle Eastern energy supplies.

Beyond that, China relies heavily on Iran’s vast energy reserves — perhaps 15 percent of the world’s natural gas deposits and a tenth of its oil — to offset its own shortages. The Chinese are estimated to have $120 billion committed to Iranian gas and oil projects, and China has been Iran’s biggest oil export market for the past five years. In return, Iran has loaded up on imported Chinese machine tools, factory equipment, locomotives and other heavy goods, building China into one of its largest trading partners.

For its part, China has opposed stiff sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program,

Supporting stronger sanctions might elevate China’s image as a global diplomatic leader, but the United States, not China, would reap the real benefits.

“China is not anxious to jump on this American train,” said one Chinese analyst, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to freely assess China’s foreign policy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09.....china.html

We now return to our regularly scheduled discussion.

You can be certain, prior to one ‘inspector’ setting foot inside this facility three weeks from today, Mother Hubbard’s cupboard would have more trace particles of strontium 90 than you’ll find sprinkled around at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s playground.

Amazing how these pictures paint a million words. Hope Obama doesn’t get jealous when he sees these pic’s of his #1 VBBF & MoBara.