Iran attacks us because China supports them

During Friday’s broadcast of “Hannity” on Fox News Channel, former DNI director John Ratcliffe said Iran’s attacks on Americans in the Middle East are a statement by Iran that the China – “the same China that flew a spy balloon” across the United States – has their backs.

Ratcliffe said (relevant remarks begin around 2:10 a.m.) “I appreciate that the Biden administration has responded to the Iranian attacks. At least this time, unlike Afghanistan, where the response was to accidentally kill a van full of ten Afghan children, this time they at least hit their mark. But they didn’t send the response that Secretary Austin thought they would, because as you pointed out, Pete, within hours Iran fired seven more rockets and (caused) more casualties to American forces. Compare the same situation three years ago, when an American contractor was killed, a proportionate response, sending the right message, was that we decided to eliminate the leader of the Iranian terrorist network, General Qasem Soleimani of the Iranian Al-Quds Force.

Host Pete Hegseth then asked, “By the way, how much of that – you mentioned this new axis – or increased axis between China and Russia and they’ve both been willing to work with Iran. How many of these provocations are based on the fact that Iran feels like it now has a shield or at least new allies in town ready to back them as well? »