China may also have provided Iran with a long-range early-warning radar that spots stealth aircraft meant to evade detection, people familiar with the matter tell NBC News
The F-15 fighter that was shot down over southwestern Iran last month and set off a dangerous rescue mission was probably struck by a Chinese-made shoulder-launched missile, three people with knowledge of the matter told NBC News.
In the early days of the conflict, China also may have provided Iran with a long-range early-warning radar that spots stealth aircraft that are meant to evade detection, according to one of the people and a U.S. official with knowledge of the matter.
U.S. officials are still investigating the circumstances around the shootdown of the American F-15E Strike Eagle in April, the sources said. It was the first time in decades that a U.S. fighter was downed by enemy fire.
I agree with the general thrust of your point, but rather than the US/Trump not having any good cards to play, it’s more like Trump deliberately played multiple self-sabotage cards & is trying to put the blame on CHAINA. As far as other countries like China taking advantage, it doesn’t take a poli-Sci major to figure out how to take advantage of the situation Trump/the US have put themselves in. Just engage in genuine good-faith relations with other countries & don’t be a dick
It’s definitely a unique method of failure. But, Trump’s failures are mostly due to doing the same US policies that past presidents did but without (1) properly manufacturing consent for war (like Iraq for example) and (2) not actually living in the past where the US was the sole economic superpower.
And, even with this, he is still able to murder innocent fisherman on the coast of Venezuela and kidnap their leader.