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Originally posted by jsobecky
Originally posted by subz
Oh we do, we do when you try to paint NATO as being completely behind the actions of the United States. Are France and Germany not part of NATO any more?
subz, be serious. You don't know why France, Germany, and Russia were against taking Saddam down?
Originally posted by jsobecky
What facts do you have to support your contention that NATO countries are more worried about America than terrorism?
Originally posted by Muaddib
Is this thread about your claims on U.S. foreign policy?...
he said that the SCO could “ward off the threats of domineering powers to use their force against and interfere in the affairs of other states”.
Originally posted by subz
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Muaddib, the title of this thread is "Iran to Join Other Nations In Alliance Against The West". I am focusing on the stated aim of this alliance. I even directly quoted your opening post, how is that going off topic?
he said that the SCO could “ward off the threats of domineering powers to use their force against and interfere in the affairs of other states”.
It is clear that this SCO is designed to act as a deterent to "domineering powers" and to stop them interfering in the affairs of other states. I am not making this up, and it is not my argument. It is the publically stated, and quoted by yourself, aim of the SCO.
This clearly shows that this alliance is concerned with countering American foreign policy. Specifically regarding the Iranian nuclear program. How am I derailing the thread when I discuss American foreign policy and the support/opposition to it from the nations of the World?
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Greater China
Apr 18, 2006
China, Russia welcome Iran into the fold
By M K Bhadrakumar
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which maintained it had no plans for expansion, is now changing course. Mongolia, Iran, India and Pakistan, which previously had observer status, will become full members. SCO's decision to welcome Iran into its fold constitutes a political statement. Conceivably, SCO would now proceed to adopt a common position on the Iran nuclear issue at its summit meeting June 15.
Speaking in Beijing as recently as January 16, the organization's secretary general Zhang Deguang had been quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying: "Absorbing new member states needs a legal basis, yet the SCO has no rules concerning the issue. Therefore, there is no need for some Western countries to worry whether India, Iran or other countries would become new members."