China has inked a $70 billion oil and natural gas deal with Iran. Gee, do you think that maybe, just maybe, this is tied to a promise of intervention if the U.S. tries to bring Iran's IAEA violations before the UN Security Council? Nah. Countries like China and France and Russia never do anything like that.
One of the things that worries me about the prospect of a Kerry presidency is the hidden cost of having to outbid the other Security Council members in these situations, which -- let's face it -- is the only way Kerry is going to avoid that cowboy-ish use of force that he so disdains.
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