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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (23698)	10/28/2005 6:02:51 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81087

Gus > As for France fearing her turn will come later, what are you talking about? atimes.com >>At stake are not just the claims to future oil royalties in a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, but the very shape of world order: whether it will be fashioned entirely by the US - the "new Rome" - in its imperial overreach, or by the rule of law and the UN charter with the support of European powers, China, Russia and sections of the Muslim world. The language used by detractors is reminiscent of the harsh conflicts in the Cold War between ideological adversaries in Washington and Moscow. This time, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has likened Germany to US arch-enemy Cuba, while there have been calls in the mainstream US media to strip France of its veto in the UN Security Council and denunciations of European "ingratitude" in the US. Even NATO is no longer the US handmaiden it was presumed to be in a world where what Washington said, usually goes. By delaying military aid to NATO member Turkey, the European anti-war troika of Germany, France and Belgium punctured the balloon of a monolithic West that was flying high after September 11. << You'll no doubt remember when W said that nations were either for the US or against it.

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (23698)	10/28/2005 6:19:33 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81087

Gus > All of which are very happy to to fight a proxy war against the US in Iran. janes.com >>An Iran-Russia-China axis? China is becoming even more dependent on Iran for energy. A November 2004 deal to supply China with gas worth USD100 billion is likely rise to a total of USD200 billion after a similar oil agreement is finalised. Iran will export 10 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually for 25 years in return for Chinese investment in exploration and drilling. This energy co-operation is rendering the US administration's economic sanctions on Iran ineffective. However, the Russians must now assess the likelihood of being supplanted by China if they appear willing to trade favours with Washington and lose the confidence of Tehran. Iran may yet emerge as a leading member of a post-Cold War alliance which will work to undermine US regional objectives. <<