Russia/Central Asia: Shanghai Cooperation Organization Mulls Expansion

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty ^ | 05-30-2006 | Claire Bigg

[sergey1973]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the growing international stature of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization -- but it may also soon become more controversial, as its members consider whether to welcome Iran into the fold.

[sergey1973]

Lunacy in Action.

[sergey1973]

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[Lancer_N3502A]

Calling Jeff Head...

[Thunder90]

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[Thunder90]

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[GSlob]

It would serve all of them right.190 years ago there was, what did they call it then?- "Holy Alliance", and now, too, they are formalizing their International of Despots. One would need to throw Mugabe in there, too.

[Jeff Head]

This alliance is directed at a couple of simple things. Principle is to counter and thwart the United States and its foreign policy...whatever it is at the time. The other is to secure resources for these nations in such a way as to prevent interference from anyone else. Principally us, and then western Europe.

Ultimately, Venezuela and its rising influence in South and Central America will be drawn in...along with Cuba and N. Korea (N. Korea, IMHO, is already a de facto member). They are trying their best to draw India in and the economic and military agreements between China and India of late indicate that they are having some success.

Sadly, this all leads to a bad place...potential World War on a larger scale than World War II if we are not vigilant and take definitive steps to avoid it now. We need to treat China in particular as Reagan treated the Soviet Union...we need to secure our borders quickly, we need to rebuild our manufacturing and industrial base, we need to rebuild our agricultural base (we used to feed the world and are capable of it today if we change our policy...let them come to us), and we need to become energy independent.

Just my opinion...but otherwise we face prospects as dire or more so that what I have written of in The Dragon's Fury Series, which, by the way, predicted so very many of these very occurances for the last five years.

[LS]

HEHEHE. Holy Cow. Jeff's unholy triumvirate from "Dragon's Fury" is taking shape before our eyes.

[editor-surveyor]

Did you by any chance get a lot of orders for your books from Red China? or Russia?

Jeff, you are the mastermind of all this! ;o)

[Jeff Head]

Well over 95% are out of the US through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and a few people who are marketing them at gunshows and the like. Less than 5% are out of the UK...mostly through WHSmithee and Amazon in the UK.

A few Australians and other Europeans have bought off of the US Amazon site.

[Dubya]

Thanks

[philman_36]

Hear about this? Google hits for china bank ipo.

[archy]

They are trying their best to draw India in and the economic and military agreements between China and India of late indicate that they are having some success.

Do not overlook recent events in Nepal, either. The presence of some 200,000 Maoist supporters demonstrating in Katmandu is likely not a good sign; neither is the presence of UN *monitor negotiators*.

[spanalot]

"we need to rebuild our manufacturing and industrial base,"

so much has been lost

[Jeff Head]

Agreed...there is a general move afoot and it bodes us ill.