Hi,
WHEN TWO BIG CATS HAVE BEEN CIRCLING EACH OTHER FOR YEARS AND SUDDENLY FORM A LIAISON, THE RESULT IS OFTEN MANY KITTENS. HOW MANY AND WHAT THEIR NAMES WILL BECOME IS THE MYSTERY THAT AWAITS SOLVING.
So, it is with the $400 Billion ENERGY DEAL BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA, FORMER, ANTAGONISTS ALTHOUGH CERTAINLY NEIGHBORS, PUTIN WHILE PLAYING SUPPOSED GAMES WITH THE UKRAINE AND TAKING ITS IMPORTANT PORT. HAS CLOSED A DEAL TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING WITHOUT, SO THE STORY GOES YIELDING IN PRICE. COULD THE PORT OF CRIMEA BEEN A BIG HELP IN THE BARGAINING ISSUES ON GAS ???????????? AND WILL 30 YEARS OF CHUMMIE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ANTAGONISTS LAST---IF NOT - WHAT NEXT ????????????
WHAT DID WE HEAR ON THIS BIG DEAL IN THE PRESS ????????????? DAMN LITTLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE $100 BILLION DOLLAR ENERGY DEAL THAT RUSSIA ALSO STRUCK WITH OUR GOOD FRIENDS????????? IN IRAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA DOESN'T FEEL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO BE BOTHERED BY WHAT ACTIONS THEIR FRIENDS OR ENEMIES ??????????? TAKE TO SECURE THEIR PRESTIGE AND ECONOMY WHILE HE LETS AMERICA FLOUNDER IN THE WAKE OF BURGEONING ALLIANCES BETWEEN COUNTRIES WHO ONCE PACED OFF THEIR BORDERS AND STOOD ARMED AGAINST ONE ANOTHER..
THE EAST IS CONSOLIDATING THEIR POWER WHILE THE WEST GAZES IN AWE AT COUNTRIES ONCE THOUGHT OF AS BACKWARD IN AREAS EXPLORED AND CONQUERED BY THE WEST, WHOSE PEOPLES WERE SEEN AS LITTLE MORE THAN BACKWARD NATIVES. THOSE COUNTRIES ARE BECOMING THE LEADING MODERN POWERS TO BE RECKONED WITH IN THE FUTURE.
And weak willed? Obama is helping them escalate perhaps doing the groundwork for the last big World War many years ahead! between the Eastern and Western world. This Blogger sure hopes not. BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE EAST IS MOVING TOGETHER AND FORMING BONDS WITH NEIGHBORS WHETHER FORMER FOE OR FRIENDS AND BEING AMUSED AT AMERICA'S LACK OF GRIP ON THE POWER SHE LET SLIP WHICH ONCE HAD THE WORLD BOWING TO HER ADVANTAGE.
CHINA'S FORWARD MOVEMENT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC IN PRODUCING A NEW CAPITALISTIC EMPIRE FROM AN ESSENTIALLY AGRICULTURAL-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY. ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL MUCH POVERTY BECAUSE IT IS AN IMMENSE TERRITORY, THE WEALTH IT HAS ACQUIRED IN RECENT YEARS IS TREMENDOUS. THE DIRE POLLUTION PROBLEM IN CHINA IS PROOF OF THAT WEALTH, JUST A DECADE AGO CARS WERE A RARITY IN CHINA. THE MONSTROUS TRAFFIC TESTIFIES TO A BURGEONING WEALTHY CLASS IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. IT IS NOT ONLY MOVING INTO A LEADERSHIP ROLE BUT RELISHES IT.
POLITICS AS THEY SAY MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS. IF PUTIN'S MOVE IN TAKING OVER CRIMEA IN THE UKRAINE WAS INTENDED TO PUSH CHINA INTO THE GAS DEAL, IT MOST CERTAINLY WORKED. THE CRIMEA IS AN IMPORTANT PORT FOR BOTH CHINA AND RUSSIA. AND POOR UKRAINE MAY FIND ITSELF POORER IN ABILITY TO PROTECT ITSELF BUT PERHAPS MORE IMMUNE TO RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE WITH THE PORT OUT OF UKRAINE'S JURISDICTION AND NO LONGER COVETED. THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
THE DEAL WITH IRAN IS A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR AND ONE WONDERS HOW MUCH GAS PUTIN IS HOLDING AND IF HE CAN KEEP UP HIS CONTRACTS TO THREE SUCH LARGE TERRITORIES. IT WILL BE INTERESTING BUT WILL POOR UKRAINE SUFFER FROM THE SALE TO THE OTHERS? PUTIN, OF COURSE, IS STRUTTING HIS STUFF AND THE IMMENSE CHANGE IN HIS FISCAL OUTLOOK..
THIS BLOGGER HAS BEEN PONDERING CHINA'S ULTIMATE GAINS FROM THIS TRANSACTION IN FUNDING RUSSIA SO WELL. A 4 BILLION DOLLAR DEAL IS NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT!!!!!! IT CERTAINLY WON'T BOTHER RUSSIA IF UKRAINE NOW CAN'T PAY ITS BILLS ON TIME, ALTHOUGH IT'S ALWAYS AN INCENTIVE TO PUTIN TO GIVE THE UKRAINE A KICK IN THE PANTS. RUSSIA WILL HAVE THE FUNDS TO REARM ITSELF AS IT DESIRES OBVIOUSLY. CHINA DID NOT WANT THAT ARMAMENT TURNED IN ITS DIRECTION AT LEAST UNTIL IT FEELS READY TO THWART IT.
THE MIDDLE EAST IS CERTAINLY A THREAT TO COMMUNISM AS RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE WELL AWARE. EASTERN LEADERS MAY BE LOOKING TO AVOID THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ARAB RELIGION AND ATHEISM. THE EAST MAY BE HOPING THE MODERNITY OF IRAN COULD DISCOURAGE BLOODSHED. PROVIDING ENERGY MIGHT KEEP IRAN GROWING AND HAPPY AND INFLUENTIAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
BUT CHINA HAS MANY LAYERS OF DIPLOMACY. CHINA'S CONQUESTS WITHOUT BLOODSHED ARE CONSIDERED BY CHINA AS WINNING STRATEGY. ALL GAIN AND LITTLE LOSS.
CHINA'S ULTIMATE GOALS OF SUPREMACY AND PEACEFUL WORLD DOMINATION ARE NEVER FAR FROM THEIR COLLECTIVE BRAIN STORMING. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT RUSSIA CERTAINLY MAKES A BETTER FRIEND THAN ENEMY WHILE CHINA IS IN HER FORMATIVE CAPITALIST YEARS AND IT ALLOWS HER TO GAIN STRONG ECONOMIC CONTROL. IT IS CERTAINLY CLEAR TO CHINA THAT ECONOMIC CONTROL IS THE NAME OF THE POWER GAME AND WILL IF SHE WINS IT, PUT HER AT THE HEAD OF THE LIST.
RUSSIA, MEANWHILE, NEEDS THE MONEY FOR HER CHERISHED ARMAMENT AND HER POWER PLAYS WHICH DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ABATED SINCE KHRUSHCHEV'S TIME. PUTIN IS A CLEVER STRATEGIST ON A SHORT TIME BASIS BUT IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF HE CAN KEEP UP WITH CHINA'S HUNDRED OR MORE YEAR PHILOSOPHY OF BRINKMANSHIP!!!!!!!!!!
AND WHERE IS THAT FORMER SUPER POWER, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA????? SHE IS SADDLED WITH A PRESIDENT THAT DOES NOT DESIRE HER TO BE A LEADING COUNTRY OR POWER IN THIS CENTURY. HE DOES NOT ADMIRE AMERICA, NOR WANT TO LEAD HER TO FURTHER AMBITIOUS PRESTIGE THAT HIS MENTOR, SOROS HAS DEEMED GETS IN THE WAY OF COMMUNIST WORLD POWER. NEVER MIND THE DEBT OWED TO AMERICA FOR HER PART IN REPATRIATION AFTER WWII. THAT'S PAST HISTORY TO OBAMA, WHO IS BUSY MAKING PRESENT HISTORY TO REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THOSE OUTSIDE AMERICA, WHOM HE DEEMS REALLY KNOW THE SCORE.
CHINA MUST BE MORE THAN AMUSED AT AMERICA'S SHORT TERM RISE TO POWER AND SUBSEQUENT LOSE OF FACE. IT IS WHAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER A REAL HUMILIATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WELL, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN AS WELL. AS THE TIDES OF MAN AND HIS RAPID PLUNGE INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WAVER AND SHIFT, THE SCORE IS STILL VERY OPEN TO FUTURE DETERMINATION. AMERICA HAS BEEN DOWN AND COUNTED OUT BEFORE BUT COUNTING HER OUT OF THE GAME IS A POSITION THAT CAN ONLY BE TAKEN BY FOOLS. CHINA IS TOO MUCH OF A HISTORIAN TO TAKE THAT ROAD.
CHEERS, CONNIE
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