Generational Dynamics World View

[Cynic Hero '86]

(02-09-2017, 10:28 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:

(02-08-2017, 02:35 PM)Cynic Hero Wrote: >   Also JohnX seems convinced on certain Alignments of
>   countries. Take for example China's military alliances, China has
>   traditionally (for most of the last 35 years or so) relied on Iran
>   as its primary partner for military alliances. Saudi Arabia has
>   usually been a distant second in terms of technology sharing for
>   China than Iran has Been. Turkey has traditionally been Firmly in
>   the US sphere. Yet JohnX says that Russia and the US will ally and
>   that Iran would be aligned to the west, while turkey and Saudi
>   Arabia, two countries that have been western aligned since before
>   WW2 would suddenly ally with China against both the West and
>   Russia?

You answered your own question in the words "China has traditionally
(for most of the last 35 years or so)."  I sometimes joke about people
who believe that "history always begins this morning."

History did not begin 35 years ago.  Particularly when you're talking
about China, history began centuries or even millennia ago.
You have to go back at least to WW I and WW II when you ask
about these alignments.  The last 35 years are irrelevant.

China has military sharing and strategic Sharing arrangements with Iran and tends to support Iran in the UN and elsewhere since the iranian revolution of 1979. On the other hand It has no such arrangements with either Turkey or Saudi Arabia. Regarding Pre-ww2 relations, All of the Above middle eastern Countries were non-factors for the most part during WW1 and WW2.