Originally Posted by Sly

What I find even more interesting is that three of the world's largest oil-producing countries are all playing the same game... do what I say, or we cut off oil. Although it may sound a little scary, it is a huge Catch-22 considering all three of their economies are surviving basically because of oil alone. They can't shut off oil, they would strangle themselves in the process.

Chavez, Ahmadinajad (sp?) and Putin are my favorite Presidents right now. The first two are playing the same game, the latter wants to play the game but isn't quite there yet.