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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (267013)	6/26/2002 12:48:41 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

Re: ('encircling' Russia and south Asia) - "You don't seem to be reading my words. I said specifically "encircle China". You are not accurately addressing my thrust, but rather wandering off the reservation." >>> OK, but the original post said: ""As to foreign policy, we are engaged in, primarily, a thrust into Central Asia, which serves two global strategic purposes. The first, of course, is the oil prize, but the other, and less well understood is the pincer movement that our U.S. imperialists are starting to effectuate against the Red Army. We have them covered fairly well on most sides with our fortresses in South Korea, Japan, Diego Garcia and the Pacific Fleet. Central Asia was an attractive arena for expansion of Chinese hegemony and resource exploitation, and we are well on the way to checkmating that possibility. The other resource prize that is still up for grabs is eastern Siberia. It will be very interesting to see developments there over the next decade." >>> I assumed that since Central Asia and Siberia were prominently mentioned in the post (and I've seen so much paranoia from the Russian press... and expressed in their public polls also) that China was not the sole thrust of your comments. I apologize for mis-reading it. >>> My guess is that our entry into Central Asia will have some utility as to limiting Chinese influence there... but if we think we can head off the building of an oil pipeline into China (a most logical consumer market for Central Asian oil) I think we are deluding ourselves -- Central Asia would be well served to build ALL of the pipelines that have been proposed... East (China), West (Caspian-Turkey, Caspian-Georgia), South (Afghanistan, Iran), and North (Russia). >>> I think we can count on those countries to act in their own interests.... Re: "As to Russia, we are turning it into a "quisling" state. It will be a dependable warehouse of natural resources for us within 20 years or so." >>> I'd say: 'dependable supplier' a lot longer than 20 years! (Don't forget software engineering as a value-added growth industry their, either.) Re: "As to Pakistan, we are maintaining it as a vassal nation under hegemon domination. Trading arms for access." >>> Pakistan is no prize. Re: "Two distinctly different strategies that are quite compatible with the over-arching theme of TWD* disguised as hegemony." >>> Ah, 'hea-jem-mony'... only the Chinese manage to work it into every conversation :)