This acts in concert with Chinese expansion of energy consumption and agressive attempts to control new resources in the petroleum industry via economic means, Chavez' saber rattling and edicts regarding Venezuelan oil, and the possibility that they can maintain this situation through 2008.
The ability to relax demand lies with the Chinese, who are part of the new demand equation, the ability to reduce or even crash energy prices lies there, too, by withdrawing significant portions of that demand. The Russians, if they get on the stick, have the resources to glut supplies, were they effectively in production.
Timing is key in everything, but doing so after some posturing action by a Democrat would make it appear that the Democrat's policy had some magical effect when it was meaningless, and establish in political energy groupthink that there was some (possibly even harmful) action which could be taken to bring energy prices down.
We are in what has become known as 'total warfare', often asymetric, non-military, and economic, in which our enemies will weaken us by any means available.
The Islamists, while seeking their own agenda, are merely a tool of the agenda of that developing Socialist World Order.
You've got good sense!
"Consider also the distraction of current oil prices, driven in part by environmental groups which derived their seed money from KGB sources, for the purpose of hindering or even crippling industry in the West.
This acts in concert with Chinese expansion of energy consumption and agressive attempts to control new resources in the petroleum industry via economic means, Chavez' saber rattling and edicts regarding Venezuelan oil, and the possibility that they can maintain this situation through 2008."
Sounds right.
"The ability to relax demand lies with the Chinese, who are part of the new demand equation, the ability to reduce or even crash energy prices lies there, too, by withdrawing significant portions of that demand. The Russians, if they get on the stick, have the resources to glut supplies, were they effectively in production."
This is truly an excellent point.
"Timing is key in everything, but doing so after some posturing action by a Democrat would make it appear that the Democrat's policy had some magical effect when it was meaningless, and establish in political energy groupthink that there was some (possibly even harmful) action which could be taken to bring energy prices down."
This is a superb analysis, in my opinion. It seems that this strategy could also be made to mesh with the Iraq "Tet offensive" strategy I am talking about.
"We are in what has become known as 'total warfare', often asymetric, non-military, and economic, in which our enemies will weaken us by any means available."
I agree completely. Would you agree that the Russians have significant influence and in some cases strong control over leftist organizations inside United States?
"The Islamists, while seeking their own agenda, are merely a tool of the agenda of that developing Socialist World Order."
I agree that the Islamists is are a tool. I view the people wielding the tool a little more specifically---as the Russians. But I would agree in this regard, The worldwide organization of subversion the Russians have set up is primarily under the auspices of socialism. I believe that the majority of useful idiots serving the Russians around the world believe they're working toward a Socialist World Order.
However, I believe the Russian lesson about socialism (that it impoverished as completely) has been too painful for them to ever move back in the direction of full communism in any way. Nor do Putin or his colleagues want to move in that direction. In this regard, they can be likened to the high-level heroin dealer. He may extol the virtues of heroin, but he won't use it.