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To: mishedlo who wrote (61679)	1/11/2007 4:46:53 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 116555

This does not surprise me. After all China will care less if Iran goes nuclear and takes over the whole ME - then China will be in the world driver seat. Thinking of Gov. of China as nice guys is the same as thinking that Putin is very nice guy to the world .. - they both have one thing in common to unseat the West from world preeminance and power - period

To: mishedlo who wrote (61679)	1/11/2007 5:50:15 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

China may recognize the Iraq Gambit unfolding vis-a-vis Iran. It has always been a fallacy that we went to Iraq for their oil. We went to stop their oil. This drove the price for Bush's Saudi cohorts above $70/barrel and drove profits for his oil patch buddies into record territory. Now we see that the vultures are about to lay claim to the Iraq reserves that have been idled so they can screw us again as the Saudi fields peter out. This was such a successful strategy for Bush, who probably now has a secret personal account in a Saudi bank worth several billion dollars, that the House of Saud is encouraging an encore in Iran. Perhaps when the Saudi King recently ordered US Oil Emissary, Cheney to appear, it was to outline the deal for attacking Iran to stop their oil too. Since the Israelis and the Saudis would both applaud such action, and these 2 capitals obviously have more influence with this administration than anyone in the US, the concern voiced by China is not surprising. We have a group of criminals here using the US military and treasury for their personal enrichment. We are just too stupid to put a stop to it.

To: mishedlo who wrote (61679)	1/12/2007 3:03:37 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Putin Energy Extortion - in German Newspaper today with a very telling picture that no gangster would be ashamed of!!! So why wonder about China? They are not our friends at all and their interests are oposite to those of the West welt.de Freier Markt bedeutet in diesem Fall: Alles ist erlaubt. "Es ist rational nicht nachvollziehbar, warum ein Land Gas für 100, das zweite für 130 und das vierte für 235 Dollar bezieht", kritisiert Wladimir Milow, Präsident des Moskauer Instituts für Energiepolitik, die seltsame Preisbildung von Gazprom. Dass die Erdgaspreise von Putins Lieblingskonzern je nach Land sosehr variieren, ist nicht mit ökonomischer Vernunft zu erklären. Russland macht Politik und instrumentalisiert Strom, Öl und Gas. Die Preisgestaltung folgt dem Prinzip Zuckerbrot und Peitsche. Russlands Präsident sieht sein Land als eine "globale Energiesupermacht". welt.de