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To: Willie Green
I suppose you don't see any negatives in having our national policies dictated by those foreign entities who control the oil supply in the short-term either.

Nope, just the opposite. I see that adding Russia as a supplier helps to create atlernatives to the OPEC stranglehold. It's beautiful strategy.

105 posted on 07/03/2002 2:47:06 PM PDT by aShepard
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To: aShepard
I see that adding Russia as a supplier helps to create atlernatives to the OPEC stranglehold. It's beautiful strategy.

IMHO, its a myopic strategy with high potential for backfiring.
Unlike the OPEC states, whose societies are barely beyond the stone age, Russia has plentiful resources and a highly skilled work-force. Russia's main hinderance is the remaining influence of 20th Century communist rule. With "assistance" in developing their resources and other reforms, it is likely they could divert their supply for their own internal use on a moment's notice. Possibly even importing from OPEC to further fuel their domestic growth.

That scenario would leave the U.S. high and dry with undeveloped infrastructure, and looking mighty stupid.

106 posted on 07/03/2002 3:14:06 PM PDT by Willie Green
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