From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Cohen: U.S. Military To Occupy Asia Forever [STOPNATO.ORG.UK] http://www.timesofindia.com/today/13amrc10.htm "If U.S. troops leave Asia then China, Japan, India and Pakistan would contest for dominance in the region." [In other words, if the U.S. military occupiers would ever depart from the other end of the earth, Asians would be in control of Asia. What unspeakable colonialist, supremacist arrogance Cohen's comments bespeak.] Times of India January 13, 2001 Pulling out from Asia would be a big mistake: Cohen WASHINGTON: Outgoing US defence secretary William Cohen has said it would be a big mistake for America to pull out of Asia as it would lead to a contest among China, Japan, India and Pakistan for dominance in the region. "If US troops leave Asia then China, Japan, India and Pakistan would contest for dominance in the region," Cohen said on Friday at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for scholars, a congressionally funded Smithsonian Institution. "By virtue of the US presence throughout the Asia-Pacific region, we have created a stable environment and if the United States were to leave tomorrow, who would fill the vacuum," Cohen said. "Nature abhors a vacuum, so does a geopolitical system. So there would be some contest for dominance in the region," he said. By virtue of the Americans being there, not seeking land, not seeking to conquer territory but by having a presence, it has been very stabilising, he said. (PTI) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
