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Politics : Welcome to Slider's Dugout
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To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (9590)5/14/2008 1:06:24 PM
From: Webster Groves  Read Replies (1) of 50279
 
<What do the rest of you think?>

First, the Saudis don't receive military aid from the US. They buy their toys by recycling petrodollars, and the US arms manufacturers need the Saudis as much as the Saudis need them.

english.aljazeera.net

Second, the Saudis don't really want us around anymore - too much of a target for nationalists in SA.

news.bbc.co.uk

query.nytimes.com

So what advantage is it to pump more now ? A barrel in the sand is worth more than a dollar in the hand. One goes up and one goes down, day after day after day.

wg
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