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The real reason why Russia and China aren't interested in stopping Iran's nuke program
2010-02-12
Posted by:Uncle Phester

#8  TOPIX/WORLD NEWS > THE TALIBAN DON'T PLAY THE "GREAT GAME".

Uh, uh, IOW, as per the 2010 SUPERBOWL + NOLA SAINTS > "WHO DAT"???

* SAME > ANALYSIS: AL QAEDA HAS ACHIEVED SUPERIORITY IN STRATEGIC ORIENTATION + AL QAEDA FUELS SECURITY, CRIMINAL WOES IN SAHARAN STATES.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-02-12 23:03  

#7  The author is wrong. Iran's nuke program is about coercing neighbouring states economically and if that doesn't work threatening them militarily. I have no doubt that given the opportunity, Iran would invade/occupy all the land around the Gulf. Remember most of these areas have shiite majorities under Sunni rulers.
Posted by: phil_b   2010-02-12 14:37  

#6  they have a low-cost way to force us into a high-cost war AFAICT, we are already in a high-cost war. I don't think Russia or China forced us into it, but that's beside the point. One of the goals of Osama bin Laden was to do great damage to the US economy. Osama had little or nothing to do with it, but in any case our current financial/economic crisis has us on the edge of disaster. The late USSR collapsed mostly due to financial & economic overreaching, and I'm sure both Russia & China remember that.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2010-02-12 08:59  

#5  This can't be. Our president, who's really really smart, says that nations strive for win-win and that no nation can dominate another.
Posted by: lex   2010-02-12 08:39  

#4  The real reason why Russia and China aren't interested in stopping Iran's nuke program

Because they are STILL our enemy and very likely will remain as such.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-02-12 07:36  

#3  The real reason why Russia and China aren't interested in stopping Iran's nuke program

Because they have a low-cost way to force us into a high-cost war to eliminate the threat they would pose in the region to all of us?
Posted by: gorb   2010-02-12 01:54  

#2  If that's the case...
Call China and Russia's bids by using some muscle somewhere they really don't like...
Posted by: 3dc   2010-02-12 00:16  

#1  Possible, but IMO both RUSSIA + CHINA, etal. recognize that Radical Islam makes no distinction categoriz CHIN BUDDHISM andor RUSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY as in opposition to Islam + Sharia rule. IMO, THEY PRAGMATICALLY NEED THE US TO DEFEAT RADIC ISLAM FOR THEM, AS MUCH TO SAVE THEIR ARSES FROM A FUTURE ISLAMIST ENEMY AS WELL AS TAKE SHOTS AT US GEOPOL POWER.

2010-2020/2025 > BOTH RUSS + CHINA, + even INDJUH ETC. are collectively unready to deal wid any sort of NUCLEAR MILITANCY-TERRORISM.

Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-02-12 00:11  

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