Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 01:26:29 +0000 (GMT)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Richard=20Bailey?= <redrich2000-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: AUT: Re: Empire and oil


> the problem is that i don't see any rivalries.
> everyone keeps talking about
> them, but no one (that i have seen) has given any
> evidence of them.

I thought the article that was posted by the
ex-military guy pointed out all sorts of rivalries
associated with the myriad of different pipeline
routes. Russia wants a route that goes through its
territory so it can charge fees etc, the US wants one
through Turkey etc.

Another example is the formation of the GUAAM group of
Eurasian countries refered to in the article.

 
> from my perspective, the overwhelming global support
> for this action from
> the ruling class(es) lends a lot of credence to the
> theory of empire.
> 
> but that's just me...

Not necessarily. Countries that are looking after the
their own interests are still likely to back the US in
a matter like this because they don't want to be on
the global bullies bad side.

I have another question, What about India/Pakistan
China/Taiwan, the Balkans? Do Negri and Hardt describe
these as "Rogue states" outside of Empire?

Richard

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