Yeah, Bush is the only guy against Kyoto. Oh, and every single US Senator that voted against its ratification 8 years ago. Oh, and Clinton. It was a bad idea back then, and it remains a bad idea, according to both sides of the aisle. Well, except the Blame America First, Last and Always(tm) deep thinkers.
The Russians are gaming the system; a system even the holy Eurocrats have ignored. Russia was bought, both through a promise to be allowed to re-enter the WTO (great, now Russia can have pinhead *****bag protesters too!) and through the sale of emissions credits to Europe. Just don't pay any attention to the man behind the (Iron) Curtain kids.
So those of you pathologically incapable of restraining yourselves from cheap political shots at Bush, don't read
this.
I believe there's a typo is that piece, however. The end of the 8th para from the bottom should read "disadvantage" not "advantage".
JP