'Geopolitical checkmate by Russia/China on the post-American world'

is all hell about to break loose?...it's no wonder why we have been in afghanistan for 10 yrs.......it has nothing to do with the "war on terror"..........a MUST READ.....from pepe escobar and aljazeera..............

The stakes couldn't be higher. Washington is at a loss, facing regional integration led by Russia and China.  

On Wednesday, June 15, by all means, don't take your eyes off Astana, Kazakhstan's capital. The day may turn out to be the ultimate turning point as geopolitical tectonic plates clash in the New Great Game in Eurasia.

Astana will on Wednesday host the annual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) - composed of China, Russia, and four Central Asian "stans", Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

What's more, the SCO is about to admit India and Pakistan as full members - and Afghanistan as an observer.

Instant translation: a geopolitical checkmate by Russia/China on the post-American world. The message, in a nutshell: Dear Washington, forget about getting embedded in Asia. The reaction: Washington elites freaking out, big time.

Washington's recent flurry of chessboard moves were interpreted in selected circles in Moscow and Beijing as concerted pre-emption. Such moves included:

• The UN-sanctioned/Africom/NATO "humanitarian" intervention in Libya
• The threat of a "humanitarian" intervention in Syria
• The revival of the Bush administration's obsession in deploying a US missile defence system in Eastern Europe
• The no-holds barred expansion of NATO from Northern Africa to Central Asia (spanning that famous, Pentagon-named "arc of instability")

Not to mention the serial invasions - via drone war or targeted assassination - of Pakistan's territory and sovereignty".............LINK