Being militarily and monetarily a subservient tribute state to USA does rather cramp your style.
The EU, Japan, S.Korea, Australasia, Canada and most of Latin America are all in the same boat under the US Empires petrodollar nuclear and military hegemony.
You perhaps see therefore why Iran, Russia and China are determined not to suffer a similar fate of capture and enslavement to US hegemony.
Being militarily and monetarily a subservient tribute state to USA does rather cramp your style.
The EU, Japan, S.Korea, Australasia, Canada and most of Latin America are all in the same boat under the US Empires petrodollar nuclear and military hegemony.
You perhaps see therefore why Iran, Russia and China are determined not to suffer a similar fate of capture and enslavement to US hegemony.