Robert, I wasn't really implying that he Cold War would be good for the economy, but it would be very good for certain parties deeply invested in defense contracting... *cough*Cheney*cough*
Robert Munn wrote: > 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:268717 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
