[George W. Bush]

Saddam made good on some debt payments before we crushed his regime. This is only a temporary bump, not a trend. Expect it to get very sour as oil prices drop more.

[RussianConservative]

The Russian economy is based more then on oil. Gas output, by the way, is up 11% to europe. America doesn't have trade with Russia, so there is not much that America can do to hurt the Russian economy. It would be silly for America to hurt the Russian economy...only makes Russia friendlier with all of America's competitors and rivals. Not smart.