Posted on 10/16/2018 8:25:23 AM PDT by Kaslin
This is their "interrogation" problem....we had ours...
We have our own oil reserves now. It is thus a secondary concern who sells the Mideast oil to the world. When the locals settle it amongst themselves, they will sell. They can’t eat and drink it.
A couple of time-delayed ground penetrating nukes into their oilfields.
Only thing any place in the middle east except Israel is good for is a glow in the dark parking lot.
Both a ‘journalist’ and a supporter of islamoterror?
A win/win
The Saudis live in a rough neighborhood, and there are 3500 princes who think they should be king. There are continuous plots to overthrow whichever prince or king is at the helm.
They do not play tiddly-winks, and indeed would not survive if they were not quick and proactive about controlling their opposition. They do not hesitate to bump off troublesome rivals.
But it is not normal for them to do it in such a public fashion; they usually do it such that it can be denied, even if everyone knows they did it, they can all pretend not to know. To do it in such a public and undeniable way is not their MO. There is more to the story. We need to know what that “more” is.
No, let’s just roll in and take their oil, tired of playing nice
The alliance is intact
Salvation is not required
How about we choose neither of them?
Saudi Arabia is a creation of British/Russian rivalry, within the context of “The Great Game.”
If we are willing to remove the dollar as the reserve currency and do away with the petrol dollar. BTW, the Saudis will go nuclear quickly.
They can have it. Just like we should have let them keep Afghanistan. We have plenty of oil now. We should start acting like it. If China and Russia want to keep the ME safe and put it their boys to die for such interest, good on them.
How much oil remains is debatable. Depends also on how much water cut their wells are producing. No matter how much residual oil might remain in a reservoir, at some point it becomes uneconomical to extract.
China and Russia are not on par with U.S. for oil technology.
All the oil in the Middle East is not worth one drop of American blood. It’s time for politicians to realize that the number one commitment of the government is to the American people, not to foreign political interests.
What if you find in the end, that British Intelligence was behind the Trade Center???
Yes...statically.
California largest importer Saudi light crude?
Yes. Save it, PROVIDED they loosen restrictions on Christian literature and assembly. Even a little bit.
Iran is now the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism. They have killed hundreds of Americans and supported Hamas and Hezbollah.
The removal of the Saudi Royal Family could allow radical Islamic fundamentalists to take over. No doubt Iran would be involved using the sizeable Shi'a population of the Eastern Province of the Kingdom as surrogates.
Obama negotiated an agreement with Iran. Trump is working towards an agreement with NK. It is called Realpolitik.
Saudi Alliance?
More like our troops have been their rent-a-army ever since the first Gulf War.
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