hey, bum boy ! just because you are a homo doesn't make everyone else
in the world homos. homos are outcasts, and deep inside even you know
that.
On May 3, 11:02=A0am, Raymond <ni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Fri, 2 May 2008 19:39:12 -0700 (PDT), pg <pen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
> >ooooooh, stupid **** spake again !! we all better listen carefully
> >now.
>
> For your information, rst0wxyz, J. venning, Papapeng, and Charlesliu
> belong to the same "close circle". The four of them always kissing
> each other's smelly butts and eating each other's ****. Just take a
> look at the way they post if you don't believe me.
>
>
>
>
>
> >On May 2, 1:14 pm, rst0wxyz <rst0w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> I think Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad will be a powerful force
> >> in the Middle East for the next 10 - 20 years.
>
> >> On May 2, 1:07 pm, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >> > Bush and Chenney, far from frightening Iran into submission, has
> >> > instead focussed Iran's attention to its place in the bigger scheme
o=
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> >> > things. =A0The article below outlines compelling reasons for an
> >> > energized Iran =A0as the linchpin for pan regional co-operation and
> >> > therefore regional power and a major player in the global power
> >> > league. =A0Such a development will of course greatly diminish US
Isra=
eli
> >> > power in Arab affairs. =A0It will certainly reduce China's clout in
> >> > dealings with Arab countries (should they band together as
described
> >> > below).
>
> >> > The empowerment of peoples who have little if any power now can
only
> >> > be good. =A0It is not a development China fears for China has
always
> >> > maintained correct diplomatic and economic realtions with every
> >> > country. =A0China treats them all as independent countries and
respec=
ts
> >> > their sovereignity and independence by not interfering in their
> >> > internal affairs. =A0China pays a fair price for everything she
buys
> >> > from them. And China does not impose onerous and insulting
conditions=
> >> > on the trade, the aid and the loans she provides. =A0Its a very
simpl=
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> >> > policy rich countries should make an effort to emulate.
>
> >> > Iran moving into the big league
> >> > By Kaveh L Afrasiabi
> >> > May 3, 2007http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JE03Ak03.html
>
> >> > Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's three-nation tour of
Pakistan,=
> >> > Sri Lanka and India and the welter of agreements and understandings
> >> > reached between Tehran and these governments serve notice beyond
the
> >> > mere issue of energy security and Iran's expanding role in the
> >> > sub-continent's energy market; rather, these developments signify a
> >> > new stage in Iran's foreign policy that is best described as
> >> > "pan-regionalism".
>
> >> > From the Persian Gulf to the Caspian region, the Caucasus, Central
> >> > Asia, South Asia and beyond, thanks to its unique geographical
> >> > location, Iran is in many ways an ideal connecting bridge that has
no=
t
> >> > until now fully exploited its advantageous "equidistance" from
India
> >> > and Europe.
>
> >> > Straddled between the two energy hubs of the Persian Gulf and
Caspian=
> >> > Sea, Iran is a suitable conduit for trade, energy and non-energy,
> >> > between the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, which are members of
the=
> >> > Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and the landlocked Central Asian
> >> > states. The GCC comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia
> >> > and the United Arab Emirates.
>
> >> > Also, with ambitious trans****tation links projected under the
veneer
> >> > of a "north-south corridor", Iran, Russia and India have conceived
ne=
w
> >> > areas of cooperation that connect northern Europe to the Indian
Ocean=
> >> > via Iran and the Russian Federation [1] . Already, Iran is an
energy
> >> > ex****ter to Europe through Turkey, funneling through Turkmenistan's
> >> > gas and swapping oil with Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
>
> >> > Also, Iran has plans not to lag behind the so-called new "Silk
Road"
> >> > project that involves China, India and the GCC states first and
> >> > foremost and yet for every conceivable reason must be considered
> >> > Iran-inclusive because of the country's proximity, its expanding
trad=
e
> >> > and economic cooperation with the GCC, and its own trade
> >> > liberalization policies, reflected in the expansion of free-trade
> >> > zones.
>
> >> > This is one reason why Iran is modernizing its Persian Gulf islands
o=
f
> >> > Kish and Qeshm, hoping to turn them into tourist hotspots as well
as
> >> > hubs for trade and even finance in the near future [2].
>
> >> > The $7.6 billion Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline (IPI), meanwhile, has
> >> > the potential more than any other existing Iranian project to
extend
> >> > the purview of Iran's "pan-regional" approach, by organically
> >> > connecting Iran to the sub-continent on a long-term basis and by
> >> > providing a new Iran-Pakistan-India nexus that could in turn be
used
> >> > for addressing what is lacking so far, that is, more than paltry
> >> > inter-regional trade.
>
> >> > The 2,600-kilometer IPI pipeline, which was conceived in 1994,
> >> > envisages trans****ting Iranian gas to Pakistan and then on to
India.
> >> > Following Ahmadinejad's visit to India this week, Iran re****ted the
> >> > three countries were close to signing a "final agreement".
>
> >> > The poor state of Iran's trade with South Asia is reflected in the
> >> > sub-optimal trade between Iran and Pakistan, as is the case between
> >> > Iran and other members of the region's 10-nation Economic
Cooperation=
> >> > Organization (ECO) [3].
>
> >> > Attempts to make the ECO a fulcrum of regional cooperation have by
an=
d
> >> > large failed and the ECO's struggle to achieve a major breakthrough
i=
n
> >> > terms of regional cooperation has not brought significant tangible
> >> > fruits.
>
> >> > Yet that may change, particularly if Iran (a) is inducted in the
> >> > Shanghai Cooperation Organization, at which it is presently an
> >> > observer [4], and (b) the IPI project finally gets underway, in
which=
> >> > case Iran's greater integration into larger entities will bolster
its=
> >> > attempt within the ECO to make this regional organization, which is
> >> > headquartered in Tehran, more effective.
>
> >> > With respect to the Persian Gulf, the GCC, which continues to shun
> >> > Iran's olive branch of cooperation, is under new pressures to
rethink=
> >> > that attitude as a result of the ****'ite-led government in Iraq, a
> >> > potential Iran allay in the politics of the Persian Gulf. It is not
> >> > far-fetched to think that Iran and Iraq will one day join the GCC
> >> > states in a new regional cooperative framework.
>
> >> > Certainly, that is how Iran wants it today, as seen in the recent
> >> > unveiling of Iranian plans for cooperative security and the like
put
> >> > forward at their hitherto recalcitrant GCC neighbors [5], perhaps
> >> > better pitched as part of an Islamic common market.
>
> >> > Certainly, significant hurdles confront Iran's "pan-regional"
approac=
h
> >> > that seeks to make the country an integrative, nodal point of
> >> > cooperation between and among various regions, ranging from United
> >> > Nations and US sanctions out of fear of Iran and its pur****ted
> >> > "nuclear ambition", as well as a host of purely economic and
technica=
l
> >> > difficulties, such as poor trans****tation links and ***bersome
custom=
> >> > regulations.
>
> >> > Regarding the latter, one of the ECO's key contributions has been
in
> >> > the area of prioritizing a customs agreement, as well as tariff
> >> > reduction schemes, between the member states that would facilitate
> >> > trade in the ECO region. Still, the low level of trade between the
EC=
O
> >> > states is a harsh reminder of the long road ahead before Iran's
lofty=
> >> > objective of "pan-regionalism" can be fully realized.
>
> >> > Irrespective, the tangible gains mentioned above illustrate the
> >> > viability of Iran's "pan-regional" approach that could conceivably
> >> > elevate its status beyond a mere regional power and add to the
cluste=
r
> >> > of values in its arsenal as a global power.
>
> >> > In fact, as reflected in a recent statement by Iranian National
> >> > Security Advisor Saeed Jalili regarding Iran as a "global power",
> >> > Iran's self-image and self-understanding is global-looking and
fuels
> >> > an activist foreign policy that is fully within the camp of the
> >> > Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and which constantly prioritizes "global
> >> > justice".
>
> >> > Economically, however, for Iran and other NAM states seeking a
> >> > redistribution of global wealth, concentrated in Western hands
today,=
> >> > there is no alternative but to push for greater cooperation between
> >> > themselves and achieve better coordination at international
> >> > institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), in light
of
> >> > the WTO's ongoing trade wranglings known as the Doha rounds.
>
> >> > Although Iran is not yet a WTO member, it will be directly impacted
b=
y
> >> > the final agreements of the Doha rounds, due later this year, which
i=
s
> >> > why it is in***bent on Iranian policymakers to focus on the Doha
> >> > rounds and to scrutinize the agricultural and non-agricultural new
> >> > policies of the WTO that distinguish between developed and
developing=
> >> > nations. Yet these fall short of addressing the adverse impacts of
> >> > globalization and WTO-induced trade liberalization for a whole host
o=
f
> >> > Third World nations.
>
> >> > One thing is clear, the greater the impetus for Iran's
"pan-regional"=
> >> > goals and objectives, the more Tehran will find itself entangled in
> >> > complex regional, extra-regional and global issues and
controversies
> >> > that impact the country's foreign policies, trade, and security
both
> >> > directly and indirectly.
>
> >> > One of the understudied aspects of Iran's "pan-regionalism" is,
> >> > indeed, how it connects to the issue of globalization that, so far,
> >> > has been a mixed blessing for the developing world. After all,
> >> > regionalism and globalization have unhappy kindred relations, with
th=
e
> >> > former simultaneously strengthening and weakening it.
>
> >> > Notes
> >> > 1. For more information on the International North-South Trans****t
> >> > Corridor, click here.
> >> > 2. For more on the free-trade zones, click here.
> >> > 3. For more on the Economic Cooperation
>
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