--"Putin blew it bigtime."
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I "trusted" Putin, not because he is a great guy and our friend, but because I trusted him to be smart and pragmatic to realize that Russia's future depends on his relationship with us. With our help of developing their oil, and commerce, Russian could have become a prosperous nation.
But, instead, Putin chose to play a deeper game, aiming for world domination, by manipulating Saddam to take control of the Middle East's oil supply, which is exactly what would have happened if Saddam had acquired nukes. The Middle East contains 70% of the world's oil reserves.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/iea/table81.html Can you imagine if one country is able to control it? They can blackmail the entire world. And I bet that is what Russia's aim was. Thank God we pulled the rug out from under them.
Can you imagine if one country is able to control it? They can blackmail the entire world. And I bet that is what Russia's aim was. Thank God we pulled the rug out from under them. That is a scarey thought! I had a really bad feeling when all these Russian diplomats kept going into and out of Baghdad in the few weeks leading up to the War. It looks to be that it was all about OIL, but not for the United States.
We have only found the Russian papers. Wait until we find the French and German documents. I say we choose one country and play it against the other two. My preference would be Russia over France and Germany since Russia is more important on the world chess borad.