SvennoJ said:
LurkerJ said:
But you can't cut them free. That's the problem.
Read about the Bretton Woods conference, the Nixon shock, the petrodollar system, Saddam's decision to sell Iraqi's oil in exchange for Euros instead of dollars, and finally, read about Gadhafi's plans to quit selling oil in US dollars and demanding payment in Golden Dinars. Those will explain to you the wars in Iraq and Libya, you will also learn why you will never slap Saudi Arabia on the wrist for its clear human rights violations.
Then read about the TAPI and IPI pipelines, those will explain why you've been in Afghanistan, "the Saudi Arabia of lithium", for over a decade. It will also explain to you why Iran is such a thorn in the US's throat, and in many of your allies' throats. Iran's sanctions? Have a map readily available to you whenever you read about these countries and their pipelines projects.
The conflict in Syria is mainy just another fight between gas suppliers and their desire to be Europe's next energy provider.
The USA wars are expensive, but withdrawing from these wars is even more expensive. That's what Trump has just realised, that's why you will never have a president who isn't gonna engage in wars any time soon.
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Yet one wonders if the budget the US has pumped into the military to basically defend the dollar as a world currency, if that could have been better spend on developing alternative energy technologies. Nuclear fusion could already have been up and running, a hydrogen fuel economy well underway with the US a leader in sustainable energy technology. But big companies don't like change and want to keep the oil dollars flowing for as long as possible. It won't last though, I wonder how our grandchildren will look back on mass air travel...
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No one wonders about that of course, just keep feeding people the "dems vs repubs" imaginary differences and bathroom politics to fight over.
