Replies to post #276698 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[Culmus]

Fred, could you name me just two (to allow for the Brit -g-) big buddies of Bush in the international scene? ;-)

I think Putin did this to show who's boss at home.

[smoke]

"Takeunder" term perhaps applies as State owned company appears to be the only buyer for Yukos. TNT is being dragged down also and perhaps is creating a good buy op as fund managers sell all things Russian to prevent "market decision from becoming career decision"

[fishweed]

Fred - Puti, the French, Germans, were waist deep in Iraq while the U.S. was pushing for sanctions. When the big oil boys in Texas realized what was going on, they began to scramble, Woila, we got dubya. Could "going in alone" have been a deliberate strategy? jmho

fishweed