[Bobalu]

It creeps me out that we are most likely on the wrong side of this due to some sort of oil related blackmail from the Saudis.

Will we do ANYTHING to kowtow to the oil producing nations.... have we no soul left?

Russia can escalate this very quickly and in the process cause oil prices to skyrocket...they are not stupid you know. And higher oil will bring them more profit too... they could bleed the western world dry...cut off gas to Europe...move troops into Iran out of spite. Russia has been underestimated many times throughout history... I hope we back down from this mess we have created. It takes very little mischief to raise oil prices...and the Russian have always excelled at mischief.

What are we gonna do..shoot at the Russians??? I think NOT.
Even a skinny starving bear can rip your head clean off.

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You're not the only one creeped out over this. Don't we get more oil from Canada than we do the saudis? No matter, oil producing countries have us over a barrel.

Gas in our town has finally risen to over $3.00 a gallon. Hubby has a gas sucking work truck. If it gets really bad, he can get a moped and pull his tools in a little red wagon.

What will the Russians do? I don't know. To me they hold the bargaining chips.