What The Heck Is Moscow Thinking!?

Posted January 7th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Politics

I was amazed to see this in the news this morning… “Gas emergency declared across Europe.” Does Russia think turning off the gas supply to Europe is going to help get the folks in the Ukraine to pay their bills? Sounds like it… but is it worth some people in Europe freezing to death!? The three big take-aways for me on this are:

  1. Russia is taking a very aggressive posture with the rest of the world which just seems incredibly dangerous, and…
  2. This another example of how the economic trouble is going to escalate real trouble, and…
  3. Each of us should take this moment to remember that foreign dependence on anything as critical as fuel to heat your home is a very bad position to be in. Unfortunately we’re all in the same boat. My heart goes out to those in the cold in Europe right now. I hope this gets resolved as quickly as possible.

I don’t know about you… but I’m thinking about getitng ready to hang on tight. I think we’re really in for a bumpy ride.

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