IRAN: Anti-American axis tightens business and military ties
Talk about provocative.
Not only did Venezuela's foreign minister reiterate today that Russia and his nation would conduct joint war games in Caribbean waters just a few hundred miles from America's shores later this year, he also chose an interesting venue to emphasize the news, just as Russian ships entered the Atlantic Ocean: the Islamic Republic of Iran, where he was hobnobbing with top Iranian officials.
At a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki today, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro told reporters that in November and December 2008, a contingent of the Russian fleet will come to Venezuelan waters to conduct war exercises.
He also said that Iran and Venezuela were tightening bilateral relations "on a daily basis" in order to become role models for other developing countries (and, presumably, any country with an ax to grind against the U.S.).
"We have lots of industrial, petrochemical and manufacturing relations with Iran," Maduro told reporters. "We produce Iranian tractors in Venezuela and sell the tractors to Honduras, Haiti and Nicaragua."
He also said Iran was building a cement plant in Venezuela and the two countries were seeking to open a joint investment fund and bank.
Maduro, whose oil-ruch country is led by the populist Hugo Chavez, blamed America's economic troubles on the same neoliberal financial policies that he says brought Latin America to the edge of economic ruin over the last couple of decades.
"The imperialistic monetary policy has been imposed since the 1970s, and now it is clear that it has failed," he said.
— Ramin Mostaghim in Tehran
Photo: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, left, greets his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran today. Credit: Jamal Salehi / Islamic Republic News Agency
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The elected President of the USA will face the threat of Iran directly. The Islamic republic of Iran is challenging the USA in the Middle East. The current US Government policy in Iraq, Afghanistan and the rest of the Middle East failed to accomplish any meaning full result.
Now new President will have to choice between the failed doctrine of supporting thieves, corrupt politician in the region for their support or have meaning full plan to support people in the region for Peace and prosperity.
The US Government could support the Aryan (Iranian) Economic Union (AU) similar to the Europeans Economic Union (EU) after world war II which our group proposed to help Iranian people for accomplishing such a Union which could lead to the Economic and democratic Union of Aryan people and Turkish people in one large Economic Union to balance Russian, Chinese and the Arab Economic Union. The AU will be friendly to the USA, Europe and Israel thinking instead of Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) terrorist ideas. If IRI get what they want by negotiation or force the USA out of Middle East then the people in the region will be terrorized by the Islamic Shitte and Islamic Sunni extremist which in the end will pull in the Europe and the USA to war too.
The new President has to face War and peace in the region now or later.
Posted by: Jaff Sassani | November 06, 2008 at 03:35 AM
Oh, we're back on the "axis" thing again? You people still haven't learned?
Posted by: Betty | October 05, 2008 at 11:41 AM