A rival alliance to the U.S. ?

Venezuela/Bolivia/Equador (anti-U.S. South American oil producers)

+ Iran/southern Iraq (anti-U.S. Shiite superstate with nukes and the world's largest oil reserves)

+ Russia (anti-U.S. oil producer with world's second largest cache of nukes and a permanent seat of on the U.N. Security Council)

+ China (world's largest population, quickly growing economy and military, nukes, permanent seat of on the U.N. Security Council, chokehold on the U.S. by financing the Bush budget deficits)