Plenty of Nukes

So what’s my point? First, when assessing threats, all but fools look at capability, not intentions or rhetoric. Russia has the capability of wiping us out. Iran would be hard-pressed to sink one destroyer. Therefore, it would behoove us to put good relations with Russia very high on a diplomatic agenda. Yet, on the contrary, the Bush administration goes out of its way to insult Russia and to interfere in what Russia sees as its internal affairs.

The only legitimate interest we have in the Middle East is access to oil. Notice I said access, not control. It doesn’t matter who controls it, because whoever does will be willing to sell it, since oil is inedible. Other than that, we have no

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