Re-instating the Cold War is a horrible thing for the US economy. It might be advantageous to Russia IF oil goes up, but as we see right now, oil is going down even though Russia is flexing its muscles, so I don't buy the premise that a new Cold War would fuel oil price rises. I also don't think Bush and Putin are friends. Putin is a professional spy by trade, and I think he has played Bush like a fiddle.
Nor do I think that Russia's new posture is based on economic calculations. I'll bet Putin sits in bed at night dreaming of restoring the glory of the Russian empire, and the only place that oil and gas enter into the equation is as the currency he plans to use to pay for Russian ascension. Assassinations of journalists and turncoats, attempted assassinations of political opponents at home and in neighboring states, political coercion of neighbors using oil and gas as a weapon (e.g. do what we say or we'll cut off the gas and your people will freeze to death this winter), jailing of political opponents, suppression of free speech and the shuttering of all independent media- these are not the actions of someone interested in profit. They are the actions of a madman interested in domination. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Gruss wrote: >> Scott wrote: >> It's well known that Putin and Bush are close friends on a personal >> level. There are huge monetary gains on both sides to be made by >> reinstating the Cold War. >> > > Ding! > > This was actually stated by Neo-Cons such as Richard Pearle decade ago. > > But Robert is right on an implicit point: NOBODY leaves the KGB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268648 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
