China and Russia Begin Teasing Washington

[Purveyor]

Source: Arab News

Moscow and Beijing have teamed up and appear determined to send a message to the White House, singly and together, which translated could mean, “Don’t mess with us” and “Stay clear of our allies.”

The two countries are currently playing war games together with Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, all members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), considered a buffer to US oil and gas ambitions in the Caspian.

The SCO claims its mission is counterterrorist but while Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia have been invited to attend an associated Aug. 16 summit, the US has been rebuffed.

This comes hard on the heels of a not subtle Chinese threat to the American economy. Last week, two Chinese officials made statements, which did nothing to settle market jitters.


Read more: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=99810&d=14&m=8&y=2007

[David__77]

1. Iran, Pakistan, and Mongolia are in the region, the US is not.

That SCO didn't invite the US is only a regional consideration. The US is just used to being included in everything on the face of the earth just by virtue of "being the US."

[redqueen]

2. The best part is the end...

It seems to be a terrible shame that such a wealth of goodwill has been so cavalierly wasted. If the Bush administration hadn’t been so intent on pushing its global weight around to fulfill a neocon agenda of full spectrum dominance we might have enjoyed a world where major powers worked together for the good of all.

Together they could have striven toward alleviating poverty and disease, reducing conflict and tackling climate change. Instead, untold billions will go toward weapons of death and destruction. This is Cold War Mark II folks — a deadlier sequel to Mark I now that China is on board. Fasten your seatbelts for an uncomfortable ride ahead!

[StarryNite]

3. What bush and his merry band of neocons

have done to our country sickens me.

[Amonester]

4. And, by ricochet, what they have done to the world sickens me. n/t

[FreakinDJ]

5. Not to mention...

Chimp Boy gave China the ability to threaten the US economically by selling them all those Treasury Notes to finance his War in Iraq

1 Miserable Failure after another

[Deja Q]

7. If China tries to sell them, who would buy?

Indeed, the US could pull out of China and offshore manufacturing elsewhere... or even do it at home; we have more infrastructure here than some people think.

[FreakinDJ]

8. 5 yrs ago it was assured mutual economic destruction

but China has made substantial progress since then and continues to do so. Look at the threat of China's take over on the semiconductor market in 2005. Sure that was the Paper Lion that roared, but now today FTC has allowed a 1 Billion dollar expansion of Intel into China.

1 of Intel's Sn. Engineers was over for dinner last week and we discussed that exact scenario. His comment was, "Now they will have the Technology"

[Deja Q]

6. Well, then American corporations need not offshore to China nor Russia.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/14/news/companies/china_recalls/?postversion=2007081413

Blame U.S. companies for bad Chinese goods
Industry experts say U.S. companies need to monitor overseas factories more closely to prevent product safety lapses.

Uh, I thought we were a global economy, with multinational corporations and all that? Since when did they corral themselves as solely American companies?

[Javaman]

9. teasing?

I'm rubber your glue, nuke me and I'll piss all over you!

good lord.