I think it is a misconception to think that peace can be achieved through trade. Nations trade with each other in the hopes of making money. If a nation has aggressive ambitions, it will use the money it makes to fund those ambitions. Trading relationships are never enough to restrain it from aggressively pursuing its ambitions. As Konrad Adenauer said: "Trade is trade." "When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon." Thomas Paine
It's all about tradeoffs, and we're adding to the negaotve ledge for Russia - for what I see as totalyl stupid and needless reasons, as Russia has no need and no reason to go in a gas war with their only client. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
I'd like a peaceful resolution to Iran and would like to know more about the leverage Russia has here. "When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon." Thomas Paine
