Gus > let's not be fooled by Russia's pro-Iranian posture. I'm afraid that Russia's pro-Iranian rhetoric will prove as flimsy and bogus as her pro-Iraqi one
I fully understand that and I'm sure the memory has not faded of what the US and bin Laden's mujahideen did to the USSR in Afghanistan. Likewise, it knows that Iran could be supporting the Chechnyan rebels. So, Russia is well aware it is fighting on two fronts, so to speak, but all the same it has to deal with each threat as it occurs. And also remain diplomatic, even with its enemies.
Iran, on the other hand, knows that Russia is prepared to do the nuclear enrichment on its behalf but doesn't want to choose that option presumably because it doesn't want Russia to control its nuclear program. So Iran is prepared to go to the brink, maybe even beyond, to retain its independence. As Sun Tzu said in his classic, The Art of War (in the version I read), "prize above all independence of action".
Anyway, I think both Russia and Iran are wily opponents of the US. Likewise, China. And they will make a formidable alliance. Furthermore, I believe the US is adopting a losing strategy by always seeking direct confrontation, even with people who are not its enemies. But that's the neocons for you -- they know nothing about war but are drunk on their newly-found power.
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>>But Hu was too polite, and kept smiling without relent in spite of losing a great deal of face in Asian eyes. He and his entourage must have returned to China with the feeling that the US was still determined to dominate rather than cooperate, and that China had better keep building up its military power.<< |
