@nttjustin@DallasTexasTV Dubai and Qatar are state run and they used the money to diversify so they won’t be caught left with nothing when/if oil ever runs out or if the demand plummets. Similar strategy as Norway but on a much more grand scale
#IDontWantToOverreactBUT I was I didn’t clip my finger nails yesterday morning bc I would have used them to gouge my fucking eyes out of my head watching the first two sets of games of that meaningless, boring, pathetic who’s getting a bonus footy
@delmastrodean@brianlilley US and the oil companies fronted their oil business since they couldn’t refine it and Hugo burned us all on our investments, while also putting the country in disarray
@thespinzone They want that lifestyle back. They do not have a way to refine themselves. Sure, we will probably have a much sweeter deal this time around but this is what they have been wanting for 25 years, and the people they voted for are the ones we have backed to take over so yes
@thespinzone Do you understand the dynamics of the oil there? They desperately needed to US to refine it and instead the dictator regimes ignored the agreement when the country was at its heights to sell to partners that found out they could not refine it. Collapse and torture happened.