Where are some of y'all getting your info????
This is just more jockeying for geopolitical advantage. Each side wants something from the other. The U.S. is trying to take your eyes off the debacle in Iraq by yelling IRAN HAS NUKES!!!!.....IRAN HAS NUKES!!!. Putin knows everything about Irans nuke program cause they're building the reactors and training the Iranians on how to operate and maintain it. This pact isn't anything new just look up The Shanghia Cooperation Organization to see whats been happening the last couple years.
Their link:
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/topics/sco/t57970.htm
A little snippet from Asia Times: April 2006
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which maintained it had no plans for expansion, is now changing course. Mongolia, Iran, India and Pakistan, which previously had observer status, will become full members. SCO's decision to welcome Iran into its fold constitutes a political statement. Conceivably, SCO would now proceed to adopt a common position on the Iran nuclear issue at its summit meeting June 15.
Another piece
The SCO, an Intergovernmental organization whose working languages are Chinese and Russian, was founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The SCO's change of heart appears set to involve the organization in Iran's nuclear battle and other ongoing regional issues with the United States
And another:
The SCO's enlargement move, in this regional context, would frustrate the entire US strategy. Ironically, the SCO would be expanding into South Asia and the Gulf region, while "bypassing" Afghanistan.
OK 1 more it's important:
So far NATO has ignored SCO. But NATO contingents in Afghanistan would shortly be "surrounded" by SCO member countries. NATO would face a dilemma.
The full article:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HD18Ad02.html
Just a little something to get y'all up to speed a bit.
