"May Inowask you to joinme in a moment of silence to pay homagetoallthose who have made theultimatesacrifice by laying down their lifeinthe service of our alliance," he said.
The ultimate goal of this new energy alliance is to eventually humble the U.S. as the world's undisputed political, economic and military power, forcing its withdraw from the world stage by using energy as a sledgehammer for international change.