Reading List 30 December 2004

War for Oil: George Bush isn't going to tell you about any of this...

Are there forces within the US government leading the United States into a second cold war with Russia? Pat Buchanan seems to think so. Perhaps President Bush is aware of this too, and that's why "A Pentagon official who publicly disclosed information showing Russian involvement in moving Iraqi weapons out of that country has been dismissed." It seems as though President Bush may actually understand this dilemma and decided that good relations with Moscow were more important than exposing the truth about its criminal ties to Saddam Hussein.

A few weeks ago, Buchanan also opined that our interference in the Ukranian elections was a terrible idea because our support for Yushchenko could lead to an armed conflict with Russia because of Moscow's support for Yanukovich.