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MisterP

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16. Iran, Russia, and China's strategy is to take what they can and build infrastructure with it

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2015, 11:21 PM

Apr 2015

like the HSR "New Silk Road"; they want resiliency

China uses US jobs and debt leverage for HSR and this weird cronyist capitalist-Soviet hybrid; they're close to Pakistan
Russia uses oil money through tightly-controlled ex-oligarchs (think Augustus Caesar); they're close to India
Iran has plenty of oil money and sneaks a lot of trade through the Revolutionary Guards; they have fingers in Shiite pies in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and the oil parts of Arabia (though that's to keep Shiites from being sent to Khaleeji camps)

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What Sanctions? The Russian Economy Is Growing Again [View all] Purveyor Apr 2015 OP

Time for a new and more stringent round of sanctions. nt stevenleser Apr 2015 #1

And provoke another hardy {{{giggle}}} from Vladimir, indeed. Purveyor Apr 2015 #4

Keep telling yourself that. Russian state media spends tons of time trying to stevenleser Apr 2015 #17

Is this Putin's story? Well we can count on him to tell the truth huh. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #2

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley. Robert Burns Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2015 #3

More Nobus in Moscow while the proletariat fall further into despair./NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #5

Hate to burst your bubble BainsBane Apr 2015 #6

My 'bubble' is just fine thank you but I do 'feel your pain'... eom Purveyor Apr 2015 #7

Do you think he is the leader the Russian people deserve? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #8

The Russian populace seems to think so so why should I second guess their decisions. As a gay male Purveyor Apr 2015 #11

Demonstrating that message through the dead bodies of Ukrainians BainsBane Apr 2015 #15

And with that you endorse Russia's unprovoked war of aggression. I.e. A war crime stevenleser Apr 2015 #18

I dispute your assestsion that Russia's agression is unprovoked but you know that already. eom Purveyor Apr 2015 #19

International law provides specific conditions for a war to not be unprovoked. This one doesnt fit. stevenleser Apr 2015 #20

We shall never agree I suspect on anything so I'll leave it at that. See ya around. eom Purveyor Apr 2015 #21

He is a great and glorious leader BainsBane Apr 2015 #12

What pain is that? BainsBane Apr 2015 #9

The pain of someone who believes the Russians, after all they have been through, deserve better. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #10

Indeed they do BainsBane Apr 2015 #13

Thanks for explaining that to the OP, BB. I think you did burst his little giggly putin bubble. Cha Apr 2015 #14

Iran, Russia, and China's strategy is to take what they can and build infrastructure with it MisterP Apr 2015 #16

Too bad. The Saudis tanked oil prices for nothing betterdemsonly Apr 2015 #22

MEANWHILE, in the reality-based community: Blue_Tires Apr 2015 #23