This really sounds like something emerging from the more paranoid reaches of the moonbat enclaves, but it’s actually what Putin thinks happened. Drudge has more. This is not a healthy sign if Putin’s advisers are this far off the target on American affairs. If they think Bush fired Dan Rather, they could well attribute other actions to the same causes that the conspiracy theorists dredge up — or even start listening to Maurice Hinchey — we went to war in Iraq for oil, the US government is run by Israel, Karl Rove is the antichrist, and Dick Cheney is a murderous cyborg, just to name a few. It’s too bad that this probably won’t make too many ripples in the world press. If Putin embarassed himself, he might consider firing his advisors. However, with the presses in many other nations as well as our own agreeing with this sort of drivel, this is unlikely.