Russia is trying to corner the energy market to Europe.
The way to destroy russia as well as the mideast and OPEC is to discover energy.
Were the hell are those dylithium crystals?
Really we need fusion.
Longer term, what we really need to do is gut the crude oil market. We’re reasonably close to coming up with an alternative. The closest appears to be coal and biodiesel from various sources. In the meantime, pump up nuclear and whatever else will work. And in doing so, we will not only starve these ba$tards, but also the idiots in Sand Dune country, Mexico, Venezuela, and the rest of OPEC.
That is not as true as it was in Reagan's day. They have oil and a little bit of capitalism now.
This is an example of what happens, though, after democrats spend 8 years systematically bashing the President. We won't do anything until after the elections, and the Russians know it. If Obama wins, we won't do anything period.
The only problem with that, is that we are in the process of reducing our economy to a thirld world economy. The stock market is down 20% this year and it looks like the tax and spend dems are going to be in control of at least Congress, and maybe even the house. The Dems today are 10x as bad as the Dems in the 70s and 80s. Those guys are looked upon as Blue Dog Dems these days with the exception of a few nuts like Kennedy.
Yes. Putin's feeling rich and powerful these days - but let Bush and Cheney engineer a deal with the Saudis to bump up production (or to not cut it as demand falls), and the price of oil will drop. I'm betting anyone here $1 that it is $80-$85 by Election Day. That not only helps McCain, but also bricks the Russkies pretty well.
Oh, regarding the B-1sky...hey, Vlad old chap, ever hear of an F-22? Your pilots wouldn't even know that it was coming, and you'd be wondering why you lost radio contact with both planes within 30 seconds of each other.