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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by arrosenberg on Sunday October 04, 2020 @01:44PM (#24680786)
Iraq was about securing the US Dollar as the reserve currency for trading oil, not about securing supply to Western Europe. Saddam was threatening to start trading in Euros - he wasn't threatening to cut them off.
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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by readarticle on Sunday October 04, 2020 @03:21PM (#24681582)
“Unthreatened” by regional conflict that spirals into affecting regional output more than anything explicit like turning off the taps.

And I’m sorry, but I personally still can’t/won’t do petrodollar discussions on the internet. It’s a perfectly valid reason for US involvement here, but I have been deeply scarred when it comes to good faith on this subject.

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