"There, there, little oil friends...."
posted by mikevotes at
7:35 AM
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9 Comments:
And Saudi Arabia is pushing for a more influential role in the IMF and in shaping the broader international wold view.
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-epm, at 9:19 AM
They are also solidly behind a two-state solution for Israel/Palestine which seems to be effectively dead elsewhere.
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Anonymous, at 9:28 AM
And they are a strong advocate for the US dollar, both as a benchmark currency and as an investment instrument.
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-epm, at 9:31 AM
And they really like Mannix.....
When did this group become so Saudi friendly?
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mikevotes, at 10:23 AM
I'm not particularly "Saudi friendly," just observations. Even more than their oil, Saudis' dollar-based wealth in a time of economic distress is giving them leverage in international affairs. I mean, they've always been rich, but they've never been leaders. I'm wondering if the heightened impact of the Islamic world on the West has prompted them to exert some demands for influencing international policy... not just oil prices.
Like China, they are at once friend and foe...
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-epm, at 10:41 AM
Ditto -epm. That's the kind of objectivity that keeps me reading this blog.
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Anonymous, at 11:20 AM
I should add...for me it isn't a question of taking sides. The war in the Middle East is really being fought in Washington. Israel more or less controls Congress, the Saudis are in the Arab/Muslim corner and they have oil. It's that simple.
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Anonymous, at 11:35 AM
No big deal, guys, Frankly, I agree with every point.
Something in the tone just struck me as kinda funny. I don't know why.
We've all talked enough that it seemed unusually rare to read multiple comments commonly friendly about anything.
My comment wasn't intended as a challenge of any sort. Just something (outside their content made me laugh.
Sorry if I stepped on toes.
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mikevotes, at 1:06 PM
Sorry if I stepped on toesnot at all, Mike.
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-epm, at 8:37 PM
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