29-09-2008, 05:27 PM
Yes. US policy has long been to keep Russia and China at each other's throats. Oil prices could gyrate as we side with one or the other against the odd man out. We can live with prices either way. One or the other of them can't, very well. Russia is by far the weakest player in this game and I think will either have to get back in step with us or opt for a tense and ultimately futile reallignment with Beijing.