Re: NY Times editorial 4 Jan

In article <1136375944.405599.13860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"santaka13@xxxxxxxxx" <santaka13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> January 4, 2006
> Editorial
> Russia Shoots Itself in the Foot
> If President Vladimir Putin wants to convince the world that Russia is
> a more reliable energy supplier than the Middle East, playing and
> losing a game of chicken with Ukraine was not the way to go. Mr. Putin
> tried to use a pricing dispute between Gazprom, Russia's behemoth, and
> Naftogaz of Ukraine to punish President Viktor Yushchenko for Ukraine's
> westward leanings. Instead, he gave Russia another black eye and
> antagonized Europe.

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The New York Times editorial staff obviously reads SCB, since I published
precisely the same analysis on December 30, even down to using the term
"Russia shooting itself in the foot". If I had Uno Hu[i]'s chutzpah I
would claim that the NYT steals not only its analysis but even its
phraseology from me :-)

In article <holman-3012051140360001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
holman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Eugene Holman) wrote:

<quote>
> In article <1135903661.055927.13610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> lorad474@xxxxxx wrote:
>
> <deletions>
>
> > Maybe pooety will send Gerhardt out with a monkeywrench to turn off the
> > valves.
>
> Easier said than done, seeing as most of Russia's oil to the EU is shipped
> via pipelines traversing Ukraine.
>
> If we are going to operate in a market economy, subsidies will have to be
> phased out, so Ukraine will gain from this tempest in a teapot, while
> Belarus, with highly subsidized gas, will continue to stagnate. Ukraine
> was obviously prepared for this eventuality and seems to have stowed away
> adequate reserves. It will not have to siphon off oil from Russia's pipes
> unless it wants to prove a point. Teaching its population to be more
> conservationist with oil is also a positive outcome here.
>
> What we see is Russia shooting itself in the foot when it threatens to use
> the oil weapon. Back to the drawing boards...
>
> \EH
</quote>

Regards,
Eugene Holman
.

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