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Who is "we"? Recipients like getting money, obviously. Non-recipients generally don't have the power to interfere. The US government has that power, but the
by papln 7y ago
Who is "we"?
Recipients like getting money, obviously.
Non-recipients generally don't have the power to interfere.
The US government has that power, but the US government is beholden to the Saudis' control over oil.
- perl4ever 7y agoThe US has no particular interest in Saudi oil, as it doesn't provide a particularly large or irreplaceable amount of US consumption. What binds them to the US is their dependence on weapons and military cooperation to maintain power, and conversely, the American defense industry's need for foreign markets. The reason we hear so much about dependence on Saudi oil is to engender a false sense of helplessness and keep the latter relationship stable/unthreatened.