The Birth of a Cartel

 

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While the Generals were putting there heads together in Helsinki, and all eyes were watching the huge fire-power demonstrations provided by the Russians something nasty was moving across the waters.

I’m not referring to the pirates treasure in Somalia, although there is some speculation that something very nasty is being guarded very closely there too. I’m speaking of Nuclear Material being transported to Siberia by the Russians, much in the manner that nuclear material was recently transported to Canada by the US.

While the US and Russia are saying one thing publicly;

Washington (AP)
October 22, 2008 

“…(They) discussed a wide range of issues of mutual concern, including the current security environment in Georgia, the future of the NATO alliance, and the current status of U.S. missile defence plans in Europe…more“

A topic as important as Nuclear Material moving across International Shipping Lanes during a Joint Operation to combat Piracy on the High Seas had to come up somewhere in the dialogue. And while they were on the subject, the issue of cost must have been mentioned as well as how Nuclear Power should be managed, controlled, sold, monopolized, etc.

After all is said and done, it’s one thing to help third world Iron Age Cultures into the 21st century by buying there crude, but it’s another to let them traffic in Real Power. And Nuclear Energy is real power.

This is the birth of a Cartel folks.