IMHO, you are over analyzing. Other countries are doing similar things right now (Iran, Russia, etc). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse http://en.wik

IMHO, you are over analyzing. Other countries are doing similar things right now (Iran, Russia, etc). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse When the oil runs out, the clow.. politicians will stop making trouble with foreign countries so they have external enemies [edit: which makes all opposition close to treason; most of the troublesome countries are oil countries today]. That is because the politicians will need to make the internal economy run well, so there is anything worth stealing for them. (Just hope they won't think they are too unpopular to keep earning and take off the velvet gloves, North Korean style.)