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To: ild who wrote (31577)	4/15/2003 9:46:09 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

you mistakenly assume all the money comes from US imports. actually US imports only 18% of its oil from Saudi, whereas Saudi has at least 25% of world reserves. but Saudi Arabia sells its oil in dollars to non-US customers as well. hence they would have USD to put in US banking system apart from what is obtained from US imports. also, you seem to be unaware that a huge portion of Saudi revenues are "off budget" and unaccounted for in official records. as i said, you might want to ask their fact checkers if you think you are more informed than people who have written books about the subject, simply because you found a blurb on a website.