My OperaThe Final Act: Iran and China
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 1:42:57 AM
One of the primary military and economic objectives of the United States of America is to restrict the access of China to energy markets. China is the world's second largest consumer of energy. The United States is the world's largest consumer. China is Iran's number two export partner. Japan is number one. Iran has gone on record as stating it would like to shift its export "weight" to China.
If you're interested in knowing how China's energy limitations have protected Iran over the past few years, check this out.
If you're interested in the scope of China's energy issues, check this out.
If you're interested in what Henry Kissinger thinks could precipitate the next global conflict, check this out.
The potentially explosive combination of a China less willing to passively accept U.S. leadership and the prospect of competition between China and other states for control over vital energy resources poses particularly critical challenges to U.S. interests in the Middle East.
Nevertheless, China’s search for oil is making it a new competitor to the United States for influence in the Middle East. If not managed prudently, this competition will generate multiple points of bilateral friction and damage U.S. strategic interests in the region.
There is more to this than is being discussed in the mainstream media. It is why the mass media is not a source of news or information, but a source of US policy imperatives. Those imperatives do NOT indicate clearly what the US intends to do, but they do indicate what the US wants people to believe.
If you're interested in knowing how China's energy limitations have protected Iran over the past few years, check this out.
If you're interested in the scope of China's energy issues, check this out.
If you're interested in what Henry Kissinger thinks could precipitate the next global conflict, check this out.
The potentially explosive combination of a China less willing to passively accept U.S. leadership and the prospect of competition between China and other states for control over vital energy resources poses particularly critical challenges to U.S. interests in the Middle East.
Nevertheless, China’s search for oil is making it a new competitor to the United States for influence in the Middle East. If not managed prudently, this competition will generate multiple points of bilateral friction and damage U.S. strategic interests in the region.
There is more to this than is being discussed in the mainstream media. It is why the mass media is not a source of news or information, but a source of US policy imperatives. Those imperatives do NOT indicate clearly what the US intends to do, but they do indicate what the US wants people to believe.
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