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To: tejek who wrote (143874)4/5/2002 5:22:06 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1579935
 
>Z, that's funny. The Saudis are capitalists of the first order. They are limiting oil exports because crude fell to $18 per barrel a few months ago. At that price, the Saudis could not afford to maintain their mansions, harems and BWMer 7 series and Mercedes 500s, etc.

>And it is free trade.......there are countries outside of OPEC such as Russia and Norway that can and do buck OPEC's decisions re oil production and export.

I'm not talking about when they raise prices because of market conditions- I'm talking about when they raise them because of our support of Israel, a situation they serve to exacerbate.

>Private Saudi citizens may pay suicide bombers but I have yet to see evidence that their national gov't is providing money to these people.

You don't watch enough TV news, methinks...

>The official position of the Saudi gov't has been to develop and promote a peace plan that will bring an end to the fighting between Israel and Palestine.

As I said earlier, it's a sham of a plan which is being used to vilify Israel.

-Z



To: tejek who wrote (143874)4/5/2002 6:48:10 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1579935
 
And it is free trade.......there are countries outside of OPEC such as Russia and Norway that can and do buck OPEC's decisions re oil production and export.

OPEC is a cartel. The fact that it doesn't have 100% of the market under its control hardly makes it an example of free trade.


Tim