it was a sacrifice bat you're totally right, the china angle on iran is conspicuously absent from the discourse.
i see what you're getting at, taking that perspective is really challenging to views in the american mainstream. the perspectives of moderate/typical iranian citizens would clarify a lot
What's the difference - Iran is moving from US Dollars to Euros. That's enough justification for wartime...gotta protect the Republic of the US of A...
don't we all benefit from real economic competition, if we undermine that, we're not really a capitalist country monetary credibility has to stand on its own, independent of force