[NYC GOP Chick]

All good points, but I don't forget that he's doing business with Iraq.

I *want* to trust him very much, but I'm still a bit wary.

[Clara Lou]

"Trust but verify" is a very wise policy. I rather like Putin, but I'll always be suspicious of him.

[Destro]

All good points, but I don't forget that he's doing business with Iraq.

Shame on you, Chick. You do know that the USA is Iraq's biggest trade partner?

Trading With the Enemy U.S. Refiners Reportedly Buying Most of Iraq's Oil By John K. Cooley of abcnews.com July 20 — Even as Saddam Hussein vows to use his country's oil as a weapon in the Middle East conflict, American companies are buying most of Iraq's U.N.-approved oil exports, oil industry sources tell ABCNEWS.com