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A Pale Horse posted:Well its either support their lovely dictatorship or brutally murder them all because one way or another we need their oil. The US is actually the world's largest oil producer so I dunno why this tired meme keeps getting posted like it's some kind of epic burn
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icantfindaname posted:the 70s oil embargo was one of the key formative moments for neocons, and securing America's interests abroad (AKA oil) through whatever sociopathic means necessary then became their reason for existing. it's absolutely the basis of our relationship with them The US got about 13% of it's oil imports from Saudi Arabia last year, which is a lot less than we get from, say, Canada. And imports have been decreasing over the past 15 years or so, too, which is why the Saudis are so scared of shale oil. I'm pretty sure that if the US one day decided to tell the Saudis to suck it, we could make it stick without ruining our economy. They need us a lot more than we need them.
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