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user-inactivated · 3521 days ago · link ·
Iran is a much more likely ally ideologically. Our empowering Saddam Hussein to destabilize that region to torque on Iran after the removal of the US friendly Shah would be something that the US has done in the region to ally itself with SA while shooting itself directly in the foot. Of course the US auto industry has skin in this game, too.
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distractorman · 3514 days ago · link ·
The 73' petrol crisis and the subsequent introduction of the petrodollar should throw some light on that. Basically US provides all their military equipment and forces them to trade their petrol for USD only and no other currency. So the military and the money is controlled by the CIA. The rest is what we see on the news.