Re: ESU origins..

Okay, but a little less tongue-in-cheek, I gather the EAU is promoted as
economic unity, and SCO as security?

And, no, I'm not claiming the two aren't inextricably entangled...

Just pointing out the emphasis of the announcements.

And, a great many would claim '_some_ chance against the West.'

Doug

Roger Burton West wrote on 11/22/2011 07:13:46 AM:

> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 07:10:38AM -0600, Doug Evans wrote:
> >Obviously, many possible precursors, and all possibly part of a mix.
>
> As far as I can tell there are basically two classes of cooperation:
>
> "(Russia|China) is your friend now! Please join our cooperation
> organisation. It's not at all lopsided or involuntary."
>
> "Oh crap, let's cooperate so that we have _some_ chance against
> (Russia|China)."
>
> R