New Axis of Evil

Our eyes are focused on Iraq. The military conflict began in late March 2003 and by May of the same year the Iranian army was in shambles and Saddam was in hiding. This is what our military does better than any other military in the world. We seek out and kill our enemies.

By May of this year, 4 years later, our soldiers are still in Iraq because the Iraqi people cannot form a stable government. Our soldiers are being killed and maimed while Shi'ites and Sunni Muslims continue to seek revenge against each other for excesses under Saddam.
We are playing into the hands of our enemies. The longer we stay in Iraq, the stronger our enemies become.

The United States and the rest of the West are ignoring the possibility of an Iran-Russia-China dominated world order.
But such an alignment is more than possible. Russia, China and Iran continue to aggressively press forward toward a goal of world domination in rhetoric, diplomacy, and military action.
These advances are frequent and stronger as Iran gains confidence and solidifies relationships in its building of a world-wide power structure. Meantime, Russia and China , which are more interested in wealth and control than in any religious power, are using Iran as a spearhead to do their bidding.

Iran perceives the United States as weakened and bogged down by the Iraq war. The Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress that the U.S. would begin waging an “aggressive ground campaign” against Iranian networks operating inside Iraq. The possibility of cross-border raids into Iran also has been mentioned. President Bush, in a recent 60 Minutes interview, would not directly say that Iran was an enemy of the United States , but implied Iran's actions were hostile.

Iran is working every angle to build alliances against the United States. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Chavez have agreed to establish a $2 billion war chest to undermine U.S. influence in Central and South America. Iran is using Russian missiles to defend itself from any attack from either Israel or the United States.

According to defense intelligence officials, joint Russian/Iranian crews currently man two S-300 units just outside of Tehran and Iranian Army soldiers are now undergoing operational training on the advanced missile system in Moscow.

"The S-300PMU is simply a highly effective fast SAM (surface-to-air missile) that is very hard to jam and stop," stated Richard Fisher, a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation.

The new S-300 air defense missile represents just one example of a new generation of weapons being sold on the open market by Russia. Another popular new weapon is the Vympel R-77 missile, NATO code named AA-12 Adder. The R-77 is a long-range air-to-air missile carried by Russian built fighters. The R-77 is designed to destroy other aircraft beyond visual range (BVR) and reported to be equal to or better than the U.S. made AIM-120 AMRAAM missile.

The Russian Federation is not only Iran's foremost supplier of nuclear technology and training, it is reported that hundreds of Russian scientists and technicians currently work in Bushehr.

China has also purchased these advanced missile systems. China is also deploying Jian-10 jet fighters at an air base approximately 500 kilometers from Taiwan, military sources said yesterday. This new jet, unveiled in 2002, is an advanced fighter with air to air missiles and is a technological leap forward from previous Chinese aircraft.


China also confirmed Tuesday it has conducted an anti-satellite weapons test. The United States depends on its satellites for conducting war, more so than any other nation. Because China's weather satellites would travel at about the same altitude as U.S. spy satellites, analysts also said the test represented an indirect threat to U.S. defense systems. With its new ballistic missile technology and advanced jet fighters, I believe that China is sending a direct message that it plans on reacquiring Taiwan.

Beijing has repeatedly pledged peaceful development of its army _ the world's largest _ but has caused unease among its neighbors by announcing double-digit military spending increases nearly every year since the early 1990s.
It has spent heavily on beefing up its arsenal with submarines, jet fighters and other high-tech weapons.

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