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They also got US aid (economic and weapons). See https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/09/archives/milestone-pact-is-signed-by-us-and-saudi-arabia-acclaimed-by.html h

They also got US aid (economic and weapons). See https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/09/archives/milestone-pact-is-signed-by-us-and-saudi-arabia-acclaimed-by.html https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/09/archives/milestone-pact-i.... I think there also was the (possibly implied) promise of military protection by the USA

notlukesky 4y ago
There was the threat of military action and regime change if they didn’t. See Libya and Iraq after they decided to sell oil in Euros.
- clarionbell 4y ago
  You mean Libya that was bombarded by France and other European militaries with relatively small US involvement? The same Libya that bombed planes[0][1], killed people in front of embassies[2], helped prop up monsters like Idi-Amin[2], waged war against Chad[4] and Egypt[5] and suggested breaking up Switzerland because dictators son brutalized his servants[6]? The country which was in midst of protests which their government, dictatorial btw, decided to violently suppress?[7] Yeah, nice guy all around that Gaddaffi. Oils the only reason anybody would want him gone. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTA_Flight_772 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTA_Flight_772 [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda%E2%80%93Tanzania_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda%E2%80%93Tanzania_War [4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadian%E2%80%93Libyan_conflict https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadian%E2%80%93Libyan_conflic... [5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%E2%80%93Libyan_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%E2%80%93Libyan_War [6]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya%E2%80%93Switzerland_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya%E2%80%93Switzerland_rela... [7]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Libyan_Civil_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Libyan_Civil_War [8]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin_discotheque_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin_discotheque_bombin...
  - foverzar 4y ago
    Oh yes, perfect excuse to kick a country and its people back into the stone age. Defensive military alliance - NATO - go! Gee, I wonder how many similar incidents we can count among NATO states going back from 1988
    - clarionbell 4y ago
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notlukesky 4y ago

There was the threat of military action and regime change if they didn’t. See Libya and Iraq after they decided to sell oil in Euros.

clarionbell 4y ago
You mean Libya that was bombarded by France and other European militaries with relatively small US involvement? The same Libya that bombed planes[0][1], killed people in front of embassies[2], helped prop up monsters like Idi-Amin[2], waged war against Chad[4] and Egypt[5] and suggested breaking up Switzerland because dictators son brutalized his servants[6]? The country which was in midst of protests which their government, dictatorial btw, decided to violently suppress?[7] Yeah, nice guy all around that Gaddaffi. Oils the only reason anybody would want him gone. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTA_Flight_772 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTA_Flight_772 [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda%E2%80%93Tanzania_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda%E2%80%93Tanzania_War [4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadian%E2%80%93Libyan_conflict https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadian%E2%80%93Libyan_conflic... [5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%E2%80%93Libyan_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%E2%80%93Libyan_War [6]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya%E2%80%93Switzerland_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya%E2%80%93Switzerland_rela... [7]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Libyan_Civil_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Libyan_Civil_War [8]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin_discotheque_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin_discotheque_bombin...
- foverzar 4y ago
  Oh yes, perfect excuse to kick a country and its people back into the stone age. Defensive military alliance - NATO - go! Gee, I wonder how many similar incidents we can count among NATO states going back from 1988
  - clarionbell 4y ago
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