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**Reocourgigiot** · 09-12-2009, 02:19 PM

Maybe they wanted to only get 12,000 barrels a month. Keep supplies controlled and prices high.

High oil prices are certainly good for their benefactors, but more so than that, they wanted to make sure China and Russia did not control all that oil, especially since the US was forced to take their forces and bases out of Saudi Arabia. They needed a new place to have a permanent presence in the last great easy-to-produce oil fields on the planet.

In a away they have sort of got what they wanted, although i don't think they expected to pay such a high price for it, in terms of cost, blood, and overall instability.

Andrew

09-12-2009, 02:19 PM	#30
Reocourgigiot Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 400 Senior Member	Maybe they wanted to only get 12,000 barrels a month. Keep supplies controlled and prices high. High oil prices are certainly good for their benefactors, but more so than that, they wanted to make sure China and Russia did not control all that oil, especially since the US was forced to take their forces and bases out of Saudi Arabia. They needed a new place to have a permanent presence in the last great easy-to-produce oil fields on the planet. In a away they have sort of got what they wanted, although i don't think they expected to pay such a high price for it, in terms of cost, blood, and overall instability. Andrew
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