is how they treat threats to other countries oil supplies...  America
spends it treasure protecting the flow of it...  Russia demands  you
buy from them or else....     This simple fact is what those
condemning America protecting the world's oil flow forget ---  how
unique America is in this regard...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8090104.stm

>>> These include strategic gas storage facilities vital for Europe's energy 
>>> security in a time of crisis.

While the European Commission insists it has several plans other than
Nabucco to lower the dependency on Russia, it also admits there is no
real escape.

"We'll continue to work with Russia because Russia has energy
resources," says European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs.

"I think I could be confident there will be no interruption from
Russia of supplies because we really have been working on an early
warning mechanism and personal contacts."

But this is cold-comfort for those hardest-hit during the crisis in
January such as the people of Bulgaria.

And Moscow itself is now openly saying that competition for energy
supplies in areas including Central Asia and the Caspian Sea could
lead to military conflicts along its borders over the next decade.

A security strategy document, published in May, was signed by the
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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