Russia to search for oil in Gulf of Mexico

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php?sid=433744

Russian oil companies may soon be searching for oil in Gulf of Mexico waters off Cuba.

With Russian President Dmitry Medvedev due to visit Cuba, it is believed Russian oil companies have signed up for drilling in Cuba's part of the gulf.

Russian oil companies have already been contracted to help build oil infrastructure in Cuba and are also expected in the future to help modernize a Soviet-era refinery in Venezuela.
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Russia just keeps on getting the jump on Bush & Cheney every time

[realisticphish]

1. gee

sure would have been nice to not have been alienating them for the last 50 years

[HCE SuiGeneris]

2. No shit.

it boggles my mind that we would intentionally thwart a relationship with Cuba. Of, course, it could provide another excuse to restart a cold war and channel all of our energies and money into the MIC. :tinfoilhat:

*Sigh*

[realisticphish]

3. a large, well populated island

with lots of potential? and extremely close to our border, you say? let's ignore them! better yet, let's actively antagonize them for no apparent reason!

[ben_meyers]

4. Damn that JFK

and every President since.

[realisticphish]

6. at least during the cold war

there was the whole "RED MENACE!!!11! OMG!1" thing. There's no excuse now.

[ben_meyers]

5. Drill there! Drill now!

At least they will finally have an export other than their people.

[Winnipegosis]

7. Hell

...drill everywhere.

Drill anything that moves....

[fla nocount]

8. That worked for me when I was younger.

Too much movement now, not enough time to get my rig set up.