The Eurasian Axis Dr. Alexandr Nemets Monday, Oct. 20, 2003
On Oct. 8-9, a German-Russian summit took place in Yekaterinburg city, also known as the capital of Ural; this was the sixth German-Russian summit during President Vladimir Putin’s regime, i.e., in three and a half years.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs Ivanov and Fisher, Ministers of Internal Affairs Gryzlov and Shilli, Ministers of Trade and Economy Gref and Klement, etc., participated in the summit. In addition, German Chancellor Gerhard sSchroeder brought a group of 50 leading German businessmen, including the presidents of Ruhrgas, Deutsche Bank and Lufthansa Airline. In 1995, Russian President Boris Yeltsin proposed to French President Jacques Chiraq and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl to have a summit in Yekaterinburg for the purpose of establishing a new German-French-Russian political axis. This summit didn't take place.
In March 2003, during the Iraqi War (when the Paris-Berlin-Moscow-Beijing axis, for the first time ever, went from the darkness to the light), Putin sent Schroeder a new invitation to visit Yekaterinburg. It is unknown whether French President Chiraq received the same invitation. However, Schroeder almost certainly represented, at the last summit, the interests of France in addition to Germany.
In 2002, German-Russian trade reached $24 billion and could slightly increase in 2003. By the end of 2003, the accumulated volume of German investment in Russia reached $7 billion. Germany is the largest creditor of Russia: it owns 40 percent of Russian debts to the London Club, or $17 billion. Germany is one of the few countries investing money in the Russian manufacturing industry. The number of Russian enterprises with German participation reached 2,500.
It should be stressed that Germany receives from Russia 23 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually, mostly from Gazprom Corp.; this satisfies at least one-third of the German demand for natural gas.
Presently, Russia sells natural gas to Germany and other European customers for about $100 per 1,000 cubic meters, while Russian customers pay (if based on the official exchange rate) only $20 per 1,000 cubic meters. Putin and Schroeder discussed ways to raise Russia’s internal prices for energy, including gas, up to the world level.
In this case, Russia’s internal consumption of natural gas would definitely drop – just as it already happened with crude oil and oil products – and Russia would receive huge resources for gas export to Germany and other EU countries.
The two sides signed agreements about facilitating the issuing of visas and expanding cooperation between Germany and Russia’s most-western Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad. They also signed an agreement for transportation, through Russia, of German military personnel and goods to Afghanistan.
Remarkably, the two sides discussed the problems of Iraq, North Korea and Iran, and found how close their positions are; the differences are small if any. And the joint position of these two countries in these areas differs greatly from America’s.
Many years ago, French leaders produced the idea of a "United Europe" from the Atlantic to Ural. However, this United Europe has nothing to do with American interests.
Simultaneously with the summit in Yekaterinburg, on Oct. 10, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mehdi Karubi met, in Tehran, a delegation from the German Bundestag. Karubi emphasized during the meeting that the Iranian nuclear program is "transparent, peaceful and contains no threat to the world."
He also stressed that "criminal actions of Zionists contribute to instability in the Middle East." It looks as if these statements elicited no serious objections from the German guests. Speaker Mekhdi also said that development and expansion of political and economic ties with the EU, particularly with Germany, is a priority for Tehran.
Volker Ruhe, the head of the Bundestag delegation, supported the expansion of ties between Germany and Iran and "highly estimated the recent processes of democracy expanding in Iran." He also appealed to Iran’s role in local conflict solving.
These were just two messages, from many, characterizing relations among Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Beijing, Tehran and Pyongyang. The Paris-Berlin-Moscow-Beijing axis is growing and strengthening; and the nice regimes in Tehran and Pyongyang are becoming its clients.
This is bad by itself, but the deliberate ignoring of this reality by official Washington, D.C., is even worse. We know that the Bush administration concentrates all its efforts on solving the problems of postwar Iraq. However, very probably, just the activity of some participants and clients of the Eurasian Axis – especially those very interested in high oil prices on the world market and very uninterested in restoring the Iraqi oil industry – effectively blocks these efforts.
In March 2003, when American-Russian relations were at their low ebb, Gleb Pavlovsky, one of Putin’s "dark strategists," published in the major Moscow papers, including the official Russian army paper Krasnaya Zvezda, several articles, which can be condensed to the following: Russia should ‘help’ America to exhaust itself in the struggle for world hegemony. Eventually America will crash – as the USSR crashed – and will crawl back to the North American continent.
Despite all the sweet words between Washington and Moscow, the Kremlin continues working only in this direction. And not without success: Look at the figures of the federal deficit. Indeed, for how long will America be capable of maintaining its presence, particularly a military presence, in Iraq and other key regions of the world?
And would it be possible for America to take even a step ahead in the Middle East, i.e., to increase its political and military presence in Trans-Caucasus region (in Georgia and Azerbaijan) and in Central Asia? Kremlin and the entire Eurasian Axis spare no effort to prevent the strengthening of the American position in this vital zone. And without such a strengthening, any hopes for a changed situation in Iran and termination of the Iranian nuclear-missile program would fail.
On Sept. 25-28, the leading Beijing papers published a series of comments on the Bush-Putin summit. They can be condensed to the following:
a) Putin escapes direct confrontation with America. Moreover, he intends to get as much money from America and the entire West – in the form of hydrocarbons export and Western investment in Russia – as possible.
b) Putin pretends to be "a friend of America" and repeats phrases about "joint Russian-American struggle against terrorism"; this allows Putin to run wild in Chechnya and the surrounding Muslim regions of North Caucasus, without problems with the West.
c) However, in some principal areas, such as helping modernize the Iranian military or preventing any American action against North Korea, Putin is adamant: President Bush will get nothing here.
It is necessary to admit that the conclusions of the Beijing media are correct. Putin merely "plays a friend of America" and, at the same time, works for solidifying and expanding the Eurasian Axis, the new world pole, generally hostile to the USA and its close allies.
Remarkably, these articles in the Beijing papers even didn't touch the possible influence of the Bush-Putin summit over the huge – and still growing – supplies of Russian warfare and dual-use technology to China. This is a real sacred cow for the Kremlin.
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But but but China is our friend. The PRC was just joking when they threatened to nuke LA 4 years ago. And China’s downing of our surveillance plane over international waters in 2000 and their ensuring belligerence was no more than a little misunderstanding on both sides. And Bush apologized to the PRC anyway.
As the citizens of China experience a rising standard of living they will throw out the communists just like they tried to do in 1989.
China has a very long history and many sites of importance. Do they want to lose them in a nuclear war? China does need to be watched like Japan prior to WW2.
They will do no such thing, until 2008 when they host the Olympics. That way every Nation has 100's of people there, we would never attack with that situation.
From article: "China's ability to compromise nearly every citizen of Taiwan, including the highest ranking military and governmental personnel, raises alarming questions concerning Beijing's espionage capabilities directed against other opponents, including the United States. Already in the mid and late 1990s, newspaper headlines reported the loss of important U.S. military and technology secrets to China. It is an open question as to how far Beijing has gone in the penetration and documentation of American society. "
"Loss of important U.S. military and technology" - ? It wasn't so much a "loss" as a give away - from the Clinton Administration - People know this - and I would suspect if Hill- could get hundreds of FBI files on Republicans and others - then China would have had no problem getting the information they may have wanted also -
We are seeing the result of letting Dog Clinton and the Hill- stay in power - I hope the Senators are pleased at what they have done - (sigh) ()
Perhaps(in every government dept.) remove the ones who aided them(Clintons and their corrupt people) - then adjust - and go from there - trust no one with vital information - especially any Socialist Democrat - I don't care what the rules say - the nation should come first - Deprive China of it's information hot line (McCain? and any other who speak the talk of Kerry and the like)
I also hope Russia goes the other way - other than the one most over there and some here believe - Time will tell - -
I also wish Taiwan would cool it - What is the rush - especially since China has - if true - all that information on them - I say find the spy(or more if so) - or avenue for the leak - first - Like close the door - and do what they can before China puts the screws to work -
Doesn't hurt to get ready - if one really knows the score - but so many in Washington D.C. seem to be in bed with China - and it's hard to understand why - Even President Bush seems pleased - and what would the American public do without their goods from China - ()
A mystery keeps life interesting at the very least
Okay, first of all, a major naval war in the Pacific ought not to raise visions of In Harms Way with John Wayne or The Sands of Iwo Jima also starring the Duke. A war of this nature, in this time, will almost certainly involve the use of tactical nukes. These could be nuclear tipped torpedoes, or anti-ship missiles or possibly cruise missiles against land installations. This won't be a matter of hunting for the enemy.
As vast as the Pacific is, with orbiting spy satellites, there are very few places we can't see anywhere we wish. When it comes to surface battles, the era of the dreadnought is over. No more exchanges of cannon fire. Now it will be a single anti-ship missile flying from over the horizon at six feet above the waves and POOF! No more vessel.
There is a danger of alliances. With whom will the Chinese ally themselves? If Russia, then things could go south very quickly, especially in the light of their new nuclear missile technology. North Korea might be a player here too.
For that matter, since the UN and NATO has not exactly embraced our military activities, what makes anybody think they'll be panting to join us in next time? They want to see us fail in a major way. I wouldn't be too surprised to see the EU line up with the other guys. In fact, I think that NATO will be dissolved quite soon, because the combined military might of the EU will make it only a burden and they have always disliked feeling ummmmm beholdin' to us anyway. If NATO is dissolved or at least destabilized, what sides will the EU take in any conflict? Especially France (not that we'd have to worry, but how would we guard all the prisoners?) and Germany.
I keep thinking about the thread that Quix set up on prophetic dreams. I also know that in order for Biblical prophesy to advance, this country has to be taken off the world stage or else the AntiChrist will not be able to rise and history conclude the final acts.
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I agree with you, WWIII has started, there is not much we can do about it.
Absolutely nothing amazing about it. That data could have only come from the Taiwan government itself. Let the consequences of this little tidbit of intelligence burn in REAL good. Next time someone spouts off about "having nothing to hide" ask them from whom?
Toby Westerman is the 'best'.....
Thank you, Toby!!!
Fascinating articles, both.