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Realize I'm using "the Saudis" as a proxy here. But further:
Can you imagine a scenario in which the following things are true:
a) we buy, say, 40% less oil overall
b) we have the same tensions with SA and Iran as we do now
c) SA and Iran are as rich as they are now (translate: capable of financing terror groups to fight proxy wars) ?
I can't.
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Realize I'm using "the Saudis" as a proxy here. But further:
Can you imagine a scenario in which the following things are true:
a) we buy, say, 40% less oil overall
b) we have the same tensions with SA and Iran as we do now
c) SA and Iran are as rich as they are now (translate: capable of financing terror groups to fight proxy wars) ?
I can't.