TEHRAN -- The ever growing trend of technology, the nation's access to advanced technology and expansion of communication, have increased chances for the reduction of the technological and economic gap between the developed imperialistic countries and other nations.

In order to retard this trend and to increase the gap or keep the existing distance between the two sides intact, it is necessary for the imperialist countries to impose different crises on the weaker countries, Hasan Va'ezi, a political observer said in a live program of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) while commenting on the U.S. objectives in the Persian Gulf region.

It is crystal clear that the crises created by the world powers would hinder the developing countries' growth and progress.

He added that the world economic powers such as Europe, China, Japan and the U.S. should always be in a balance in the world equations. Anytime the balance is changed to the disadvantage of one of these countries it tries to upset the game. The U.S. is currently in such a situation.

The White House officials feel that if the fair trend of economic competition prevails in the world, they would be the losers. The statistics too prove the situation. For instance, China, during the current year has surpassed the U.S. regarding absorbing foreign investments. The European Union too, by exporting different products, could disrupt the exiting equations, Va'ezi added.

In order to prevent a fair economic competitions, the U.S. officials have embarked on the strategy of upsetting the world peace and security, intensified militarism and export of crises to different parts of the world.

The northern region of the Red Sea up to southern Russia and, from the Mediterranean borders, that is to say Lebanon, Syria, the Zionist regime borders eastward to the Indian borders are considered the heart of Islam and hence a strategic region; the region that enjoys the world's largest energy resources.

The U.S. has always had a special strategy for this part of the world. Confirming its supremacy over the world and preventing the world coalition against the U.S. are the main axis of the U.S. 21st Century strategy. The Afghan issue was the first phase in the U.S. regional strategy. The next phase would be Iraq, he said.

It seems that the most favored way for the U.S. is to do the job with the least cost. And the most favored way, which is at the same time the cheapest one too, is to topple Saddam in a peaceful process.