The Middle East is like flypaper, it grips you and doesn’t let gooooooo!
Add Chinese military to any scenario you like in the region, and see if it gets better.
How would you like to see us have to confront Iran to stop it’s nuclear program?
How would you like to see Chinese military in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Libya? How would you like to see it in Iraq and Iran too?
Do you think the Chinese would shy away from training and arming terrorists? I don’t.
China wants to be a global player, and this is exactly how that starts.
We cannot create a vacuum in the Middle East region, and surrender the region to China.
Correction:
How would you like to see us have to confront China to stop Iran’s nuclear program?