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Re:Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilita... by emptyfile on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:26AM (#27602154)
Nah, rich Arabs always diversify their weapons suppliers. If the US doesn't want to earn tens of billions of dollars there's always France, Russia, etc.
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Re:Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilita... by wil421 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:13AM (#27603113)
No they can’t. If they buy certain Russian things the US will stop. Look at what happened when Turkey bought Russia’s air defense systems. They lost F-35s over it[1].

[1] https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2020/12/14/us-sanctions...

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Re:Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilita... by newsclues on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:16AM (#27602795)
Vendor lock in. It’s hard to walk away from billions of dollars of hardware…

And just because the USA does buy and use Saudi oil, doesn’t mean American oil companies aren’t pumping it, shipping it or profiting from its sale. And it’s sold in US dollars

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