In a very strange way, China and Russia are both connected with our war against Iran. While both China and Russia are publicly backing Iran, their positions are far less straightforward. Trump has asked China, for example, to help protect shipping in the area. Iran’s attacks have caused an end to shipping through the area (which has caused a spike in oil prices worldwide). The United States wants to bring those prices down to help our economy (since the shipping interruption has caused domestic gasoline prices to go up about a dollar a gallon). Meanwhile, China wants safe shipping in ...