China's Power Play

If China blocks the U.N / USA from imposing sanctions on Iran that will signal Israel's need to bomb Iran. Israel will be forced into this position by China which has absolutely everything to gain and nothing to lose.

Iran and sympathizing countries will blame Israel, the USA, the West etc. The USA will owe more favors and use up more goodwill: to say nothing of actual resources. China will grow closer and stronger with these commodity producing nations.