Time to relax a bit and talk about the world other than my own.
No, I’m not going to talk about Altantuya or C-TOS. I’m going to talk about global politics this time.
Recently there was a spate of terrorism acts in the UK. The UK authorities have done a good job in arresting suspects, and Muslim leaders in the UK were correct in distancing themselves from these extreme idiots and denouncing their acts. The acts, including the ramming of a passenger terminal at Glasgow’s airport, came as a surprise to the British authorities. However, it was revealed later that the US Department of Homeland Security knew about the imminent attacks on British soil, but prefered not to inform the new government led by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Welcome to the real world, Mr Prime Minister.
George W Bush was busy courting Vladimir Putin, that he invited the latter to his family home. It was an ad-hoc summit to discuss the working relationship between the US and the Russian Federation. The US was more interested in getting the Russians to play game in applying economic sanctions against Iran, while the Russians wanted to say their piece on the encroachment of US Missile Defence Umbrella in the former Eastern Bloc countries such as Poland. In the end, it is suffice to say that the summit ended miserably with a no-tie result.
Russia has everything to gain by NOT supporting the US stance. By supporting Iran, Russian has a card to play against the seemingly hegemonic approach provided by the US Foreign Policy. By supporting Iran, too, it would seem that Russia will have a plus point with the other Islamic countries, save for the ones under US “rule” such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and a few others. And by doing so, Russia can get support from the Islamic world, in ending the separatist terror in Chechnya and other minor Muslim republics. It is not that far-fetched, and Russia knows this.
Iran, too, has been playing its international cards correctly. It has cemented a anti-US pact with Venezuela. Ahmedinijad and Chavez both announced a US$2 billion rollover fund to counter US economic pressure n the two countries. And the Organisation of African Countries recognises these two countries’ effort in being non-aligned with the US.
So, it would be interesting to see this development as it goes along. We’ll see who will have the upper hand.
SeaDemon Says 