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I think he means that the US military has a habit of invading countries who sell oil in currencies other than the US$. _Libya_ 2008 https://www.cfr.org/blog/l
by baremetal 4y ago
I think he means that the US military has a habit of invading countries who sell oil in currencies other than the US$.
_Libya_
2008
https://www.cfr.org/blog/libya-shunning-dollar https://www.cfr.org/blog/libya-shunning-dollar (Libya Shunning the Dollar?)
2011 Invaded
_Iraq_
2000
https://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.un.euro.reut/ https://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.un.euro.reut... (U.N. to let Iraq sell oil for euros, not dollars)
2003 invaded
- tarsinge 4y ago_Syria_ 2006 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2006/2/14/syria-picks-euros-over-dollars https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2006/2/14/syria-picks-euros-o... No direct invasion but proxy war (lessons learned).
- bombolo 4y agoThanks… at least someone here understands that "a country" and "some guy with a tiny shop" aren't exactly the same thing!