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minus-squarevord@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI mean, we’ve always been quite cozy with the Saudis…this is not a new thing. Pretty much since its official inception. The USA (and its military industrial complex) provide full support in exchange for oil, and more importantly, selling oil in USD. You’ll notice any oil-producer that threatens to sell oil in other currencies tends to become an enemy state pretty fast.
I mean, we’ve always been quite cozy with the Saudis…this is not a new thing. Pretty much since its official inception.
The USA (and its military industrial complex) provide full support in exchange for oil, and more importantly, selling oil in USD.
You’ll notice any oil-producer that threatens to sell oil in other currencies tends to become an enemy state pretty fast.