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Why would the US, the country dependent on oil prices being low, would want to destroy the oil industry of a major producer?
by h4b4n3r0 8y ago
Why would the US, the country dependent on oil prices being low, would want to destroy the oil industry of a major producer?
- freeflight 8y agoDepends on who you ask. There is a somewhat popular conspiracy theory out there [0] that claims Saddam (just like Gaddafi) got "removed" for selling oil in Euros instead of Dollars [1], which would have hurt the petrodollar in the long term. [0] https://www.quora.com/If-Saddam-Hussein-and-Gaddafi-were-ousted-from-power-for-attempting-to-sell-oil-in-euros-gold-instead-of-US-dollars-why-is-Maduro-still-in-power-if-he-recently-announced-that-Venezuela-will-sell-its-oil-in-Yuan https://www.quora.com/If-Saddam-Hussein-and-Gaddafi-were-ous... [1] http://edition.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.un.euro.reut/ http://edition.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.un.euro.r...
- mirimir 8y agoYes, that and what I said in another subthread. Also, Sadam had outlived his utility.