Mr. Chang – I meant to raise the possibility that Russian and Chinese governments are actually pursuing a coordinated strategy, one of the most important features of which is that they appear to Not be cooperating. I think the possibility is actually more like a probability, if not a certainty, given the suddenly strategic importance of the role of Iran just now – which is not, in my opinion, the result of the US intervention in the region. Since the strategic transformation of Persia began as early as 1998 when Russia agreed to produce Bushehr, or even 1996 when Russia and China founded the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, I’m persuaded that Iran’s strategic role was something Russia and China intended it to play, which Required US intervention in the region. Probable? I’m not sure, but it is possible, and these are not normal times, nor is this a normal role for an absolute quasi-barbaric state like Iran to play in the present geopolitical environment. I smell a trap.
