first of all they donot have 3000 they have 80 stinger
secondly and more importantly north alliance is not alliance
for example Rasid Dostum tatally supported by Turkey
and another group in alliance supported by russia
and another by iran
.....
control of oil in asia is not easy as you said
i donot know you know that fact most of population in kazahkhistan azerbajian(esspecially) are turks
this is one of the biggest reasons america america helps Turkey Too much for economy
Russia is not old russia they wont be a superpower again
in past they donot have big rivals
but now
china wont let them
thirdly for indians to develop thier own weapon
they cant do that
china or russia are supporters of them
yep you may have einsteins but without test tubes you cant do anything
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Originally posted by Sally:
According to janes defence review Pakistan got its nucleur weapons technology from Isreal.
India developed their own.
For the record, America LOST in afghanistan, the real winner was Russia.
The Northern alliance is Russian controlled.
The Taliban were not destroyed, they simply intergrated back into the Northern Alliance.
Hence, the sudden increaese in the Northern Alliance army of 70,000 soldiers.
Did anyone not even notice that the Taliban who are in possession of over 3,000 stinger missles did not even use them?
The big winner in terms of post-Sept. 11 "War For Oil" is Russia, which now rivals Saudi Arabia as the world's dominant energy producer.
Since oil and politics tend to flow in the same direction, the rise of Russia's oil industry will have major strategic impact. It will transform global business, too, as Russian oil companies such as Lukoil and Yukos join the likes of Exxon-Mobil and BP among the "super-majors."
The Afghanistan war will give Russia control over the oil flowing out of Central Asia, according to energy experts.
The output from the two big Central Asian producers, Azerbaijan and Kakazkhstan, could total roughly 3 million barrels per day by 2010.
Russian companies may also be the dominant players in Iraq, regardless of who's in power there. That would add another 6 million barrels per day of potential production under Moscow's loose control.
Then add Russia's own production, which now totals more than 7 million barrels per day, and it's obvious that Moscow is on its way to becoming the worlds leading power.
Russia would have a degree of control over about 16 million barrels per day, roughly double the current production of Saudi Arabia. And those totals don't include natural gas, where Russia is already the dominant producer, by far.
Russia's emerging dominance of the energy industry is a theme of a recent study by the Petroleum Finance Co., a Washington consulting firm. Their analysts note that when you combine Russia's proven oil and gas reserves, it is already the world's leading energy nation, with about 15 percent more proven reserves than Saudi Arabia.
The big change will come as Russian oil companies change from sluggish state-owned giants (and their toxic successors, the privatized companies whose shares were looted by Russian "oligarchs") into dynamic modern companies.
These Russian companies today are chronically undervalued because of their robber-baron roots. Yukos, for example, has reserves roughly equal to those of TotalFinaElf. Yet its market capitalization is less than one-tenth that of the European company.
The Russian oil giants are beginning to invest aggressively outside their home market, in areas where the Russians have easy political access. Lukoil, for example, is investing heavily in Iraq's West Qurna field, which is expected to produce nearly 700,000 barrels per day. The company is also exploring for oil in Algeria, Sudan and Libya.
"The Russian companies are going to play a major role," agrees Walid Khadduri, the editor of Middle East Economic Survey, an authoritative newsletter on the industry. A big question, he says, is whether Russia will be open to foreign investment in its own energy reserves.
Another energy winner in the post-Sept. 11 world is Iran, according to both Petroleum Finance and Khadduri. Like the Russians, the Iranians were important -- if invisible -- allies in America's war in Afghanistan. And they're likely to be rewarded. "Washington has been forced to recognize Iran's strategic interests in the Middle East and Central Asia," explains the Petroleum Finance study, "but Russia's ascendance in Central Asia will limit Iran's political and economic gains."
Oil is a proxy for power. And the rise of Russia's oil industry is a symbol of Putin's success.
In short, Bush`s "war for oil" has been the biggest foreign policy disaster in the history of America.
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[This message has been edited by onlyreal (edited 12-25-2001).]