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airship · 08-28-2007, 08:32 AM

If China really does have firm contracts with Iran to the tune of $100 billion or more, I think the Chinese would have sufficient justification under the generally accepted terms of "protection of vital national interests", should they decide to base on Iranian territory over the next few months (with Iran's prior approval naturally), assorted ballistic and/or cruise missile installations equipped with (but not exclusively) conventional warheads, modern anti-aircraft batteries, together with a few ex. Russian submarines to patrol the Gulf. Obviously, all these installations would be under the direct control of the Chinese. Sort of like how the US contributes to the defence of S. Korea.

I see that even Turkey has also recently concluded large contracts with Iran for their natural gas and oil. Presumably, should these ever "fall through" due to any attacks on Iran's oil & gas production facilities, the Turks would immediately feel obliged to invade Norther Iraq in order to secure the oil and gas resources which will inevitably free the rest of Europe from the present Russian "yoke"...?!

But I'm digressing from the original subject.

The biggest school I ever attended as a child had just under a thousand students aged from about 6 to 18 years old. I seem to recall that I knew every single boy and girl by at least their 1st name. That is my global reference, so to speak.

What I consider as a very real threat to both people and wildlife due to accelerated climate change as a result of our (human) activities and/or progress admittedly pales into insignificance compared to the destruction of wildlife habitats and their populations, due entirely to the human population explosion.

It's hard to reconcile on the one hand, an exploding human population of nearly 7 billion, and on the other, the dwindling numbers of at least, the larger wild animals with whom we share this globe. An example would be Indian tigers, which have dwindled from possibly over 100,000 in number at the beginning of the 20th century to as few as 3,000 today. It would be much more easier to be on 1st name terms with the remaining 3,000 tigers today than the other 7 billion humans, I believe. And in retrospect, suggests that 1 tiger might be actually be worth the equivalent of 2.3 million humans...should one be forced to make an unbiased comparison - in view of the current norm where in reality, a single tiger isn't even worth a single human life. But the Bible says it's OK - we were given dominion over all other life, after all. And if anyone's really worried, well, they can just build an ark, leading the remaining wildlife aboard, 2 by 2...?!

08-28-2007, 08:32 AM	#46
airship Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: French Riviera... Posts: 168	If China really does have firm contracts with Iran to the tune of $100 billion or more, I think the Chinese would have sufficient justification under the generally accepted terms of "protection of vital national interests", should they decide to base on Iranian territory over the next few months (with Iran's prior approval naturally), assorted ballistic and/or cruise missile installations equipped with (but not exclusively) conventional warheads, modern anti-aircraft batteries, together with a few ex. Russian submarines to patrol the Gulf. Obviously, all these installations would be under the direct control of the Chinese. Sort of like how the US contributes to the defence of S. Korea. I see that even Turkey has also recently concluded large contracts with Iran for their natural gas and oil. Presumably, should these ever "fall through" due to any attacks on Iran's oil & gas production facilities, the Turks would immediately feel obliged to invade Norther Iraq in order to secure the oil and gas resources which will inevitably free the rest of Europe from the present Russian "yoke"...?! But I'm digressing from the original subject. The biggest school I ever attended as a child had just under a thousand students aged from about 6 to 18 years old. I seem to recall that I knew every single boy and girl by at least their 1st name. That is my global reference, so to speak. What I consider as a very real threat to both people and wildlife due to accelerated climate change as a result of our (human) activities and/or progress admittedly pales into insignificance compared to the destruction of wildlife habitats and their populations, due entirely to the human population explosion. It's hard to reconcile on the one hand, an exploding human population of nearly 7 billion, and on the other, the dwindling numbers of at least, the larger wild animals with whom we share this globe. An example would be Indian tigers, which have dwindled from possibly over 100,000 in number at the beginning of the 20th century to as few as 3,000 today. It would be much more easier to be on 1st name terms with the remaining 3,000 tigers today than the other 7 billion humans, I believe. And in retrospect, suggests that 1 tiger might be actually be worth the equivalent of 2.3 million humans...should one be forced to make an unbiased comparison - in view of the current norm where in reality, a single tiger isn't even worth a single human life. But the Bible says it's OK - we were given dominion over all other life, after all. And if anyone's really worried, well, they can just build an ark, leading the remaining wildlife aboard, 2 by 2...?!