China turns down NATO's plea for help

According to the AP, a Chinese diplomat said that at this time China would be unable to assist NATO in Afghanistan. A few days ago a senior US official revealed that the alliance might ask for China's assistance in Afghanistan. The assistance would be of logistical support. There has been no formal request to China from NATO. So this story was leaked to gauge China's interest.

Is NATO that desperate now? Going to Russia, Iran, and now China to seek support for the Afghan mission. Aren't all those countries our enemies? Iran definitely is, in Russia's eye we are still their enemy and China seeks to supplant the US as the global superpower.

Of course the reason NATO is going to it's enemies is because most European members refuse to pony up any troops for the fight. Then there's Pakistan, our suppose ally, but that's a whole different story.