TMPress Special OpED ... (New York) ... Here comes the climate argument, Russian aggression and the Ukraine from NI ... (Excerpt: `None of these actions, alone, will eliminate Russian leverage over EU gas supplies. But taken together they can alter the current state of affairs in which Russia’s natural-gas exports are an under challenged component of Moscow’s foreign-policy power, and a chief source financing Putin’s current policy of aggression. By taking these steps, President Obama can reinforce his foreign-policy leadership, send a message of resolve to Moscow and the world, and reaffirm the strength of America’s relationships with its most important allies. - Paul Bledsoe, a member of President Clinton’s staff on climate, and Lee Feinstein, President Obama’s first Ambassador to Poland, and a former principal deputy director of Policy Planning at the Department of State, are senior fellows at the German Marshall Fund in Washington, DC. ... ... LNG exports from the USA to Europe, etc. and targeted exploration of shale gas all over Europe ... thats the NEW name of the GAME - called `advancing transatlantic economic and environmental goals ... all over Europe ... `environmentally friendly - right ... just to check Russia and its rightful security risk with an emerging Neo-Fascist State in Kiev ... Russias supposed `bad boy status ... its gas domination with NorthStream and SouthStream ... in case Bledsoe has not checked the North pipe is full bore ... the South pipe will come on line as scheduled and the UK just signed a first time deal with direct LNG delivery from Gazprom right before US sanctions (see: voiceofrussia/uk/news/2014_03_22/Britain-to-import-Russian-gas-under-2012-deal-2252/, voiceofrussia/uk/2012_11_27/Nord-Stream-to-bring-Russian-gas-to-UK/) ... hmm ... sounds pretty odd that DCs supposedly coordinated efforts with the EU/UK are not really having any true affect except their own hubris in the Mass Media ... matter of fact the Ruble has strengthened, Russian stocks have stabilized and China is buying Sukhoi SJs (see: en.itar-tass/economy/725188) ... instead of Boeing or Airbus ... that is 100 Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ-100) planes from the Sukhoi Company to the total worth of 3.5 billion US dollars, with co-building rights in China ... the Beijing-based China Daily reported, noting that the corresponding agreement had been signed last Saturday ... 03/22/2014 ... you figure that out ... who really looses here ... somehow I think it might be the supplieEUs not the supplier ... and we are not even talking India yet are we? ... TMPress International Newswire OpED ...nationalinterest.org/commentary/put-energy-top-obama-europe-agenda-10122?page=1
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:51:26 +0000
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