June 9, 200818 yr If we don't start keeping the posts off one another, and avoid the personal name-calling, I'm just gonna start suspending folks.
June 10, 200818 yr ^ Who made this deal? I think hb20 was pointing out the double standard acesfull is using. :thumb: It seems like a lot of people think that Obama is wrong for wanting to "Obama's promise to hold a summit of Muslim nations including Iran and Syria". But those same people believe it is okay to negotiate and be allies with Saudi Arabia, because of the oil connection.
June 10, 200818 yr For the record, there's a lot about Saudi Arabia that the average American doesn't know. For example, 90% (yes, 9 out of 10) of their private sector employees are not Saudis. The rest of the population lives off subsidy from the government so that they don't revolt, primarily in the form of official theological study. This official government religious teaching is of the most extreme, radical sects of Islam because the guy who came up with this system was the founder of that sect and married into the royal family. We give S.A. weapon systems in exchange for $1 per barrel cheaper oil and their representation of our interests at OPEC. Without this $1/barrel (which was quite a discount once upon a time) we might not be dependent on their oil today, so a good move on their part. Part of that representation was that oil from OPEC was tradable only in dollars, which has led to what some call the petrolization of the dollar. Some of the things that are taught in Saudi schools are unbelievable IMO.
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