Having Oil Companies control Executive Branch great for Oil Companies & fans of nuclear destruction

Having the Oil Industry hold the Presidency of the U.S. the past seven years has been both good and bad.

The Good:

- Oil companies declare record quarterly profits of $50 billion.

- Barrel of oil up $100.

- Iraq oil free to steal.

- Knee-jerking politicians will likely end all drilling restrictions by the end of the year.

The Bad:

- Everything else.

Falling in the “Everything else” category is relations with Russia, which have hit a two-decade low thanks to a policy that consists primarily of disrespect, arrogance and myopia.

Russian Bombers Could Be Deployed to Cuba In Response To Missile Shield

Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons could be deployed to Cuba in response to U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, a Russian newspaper reported Monday, citing an unnamed senior Russian air force official.

The report in Izvestia, which could not be confirmed, prompted memories of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, when the United States and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war after Nikita Khrushchev put nuclear missiles on the Caribbean island. The weapons were eventually withdrawn in an apparent Soviet climb-down, but President John F. Kennedy also secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.

A spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry declined to comment on the report Monday, but did not deny it. Izvestia is often a forum for strategic leaks by Kremlin and other officials.

“While they are deploying the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, our strategic bombers will already be landing in Cuba,” Izvestia quoted the source as saying.

So remember, while having Oil Companies hold the U.S. Presidency has been a windfall for Oil Companies, it has sort of hurt other areas. But, heck, it’s just Russia. It’s not like the rekindled Soviet Union has ever posed an existential, war-of-civilizations-type threat on anyone.

–WKW

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