[Zhang Fei]

[RE: US was always willing to be the lender of last resort, the power willing to assume the lion’s share of the burden.
Isn’t China already doing that?]

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It’s a metaphor. When Saddam stood poised to take all of the Gulf region’s oil resources, it was Uncle Sam that landed the 101st and 82nd as a tripwire force. Without the US as the “lender” of last resort, Saddam would probably rule the Middle East and North Africa today.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Without the US as the “lender” of last resort, Saddam would probably rule the Middle East and North Africa today.

Not if Iran, Israel or Turkey can help it.