Joe Biden with Salman, now the Saudi king, in 2011. ‘The Saudi-US relationship is in the throes of a crisis,’ one critic wrote. Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP
The Guardian: Biden rebuffed as US relations with Saudi Arabia and UAE hit new low
Analysis: As oil prices – and diplomatic tensions – rise, two of the biggest US allies are questioning the basis of their relationship
As Joe Biden moved to open US strategic oil reserves, his two biggest oil-producing allies have kept their tanks firmly shut. The UAE and Saudi Arabia continue to rebuff the US president as he attempts to counter soaring oil prices prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. And both countries have been unusually frank about their refusal to step in.
The five-week-old war is bringing tensions to a head in several parts of the world, but perhaps nowhere is a regional order more under strain than the Middle East, where two of America’s biggest allies are now seriously questioning the foundations of their relationship.
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The US reserve currency is based on the petro-dollar. You will see it written in many places.
The US is the the dollar portion and the Saudis are the petro portion.
So what do Democrat leaders? Go after the Saudis hammer and tongs. Why?
Because they are outraged of the way Saudi Arabia is run? Is Iran run any differently? No.
Is it because they want to force a shift to renewables. Well renewables are not ready yet. Every Tom, Dick and Jane who is a prepper, hates utility bills, and others would love solar or wind to work, They could get off the grid and be independent. That is not exactly what Democrats had in mind.
My personal favorite for getting off grid (at least electricity and gas) would be IdeaLab's "egg crate" solar design. Fifteen years later and nothing.
Anyway Democrat leaders are pissing off the Saudis. Why? It is not only the idiot Iran angle that is questionable. How do the expect Saudi Arabia to be. It is Islamic. Democrat leaders tell us not to be Islamophobes, but there they are go after the Saudis for being Muslims.
The Bush presidents had all sorts of problems. All sorts. But one thing they would never do, is fuck thing sup and destroy the petro-dollar. It takes a special type of hubris and stupid to do it. Both Biden and the Rest of the Democrat leadership have it in spades.
The Russian may very well lose in Ukraine. They may get mauled. But they will not become North Korea. that is simple linear thing8ing It is extrapolating in a straight line fashion based on no reasonable data. China and Russia are too big in resources, population and manufacturing for that to happen.
LGB
Screw his dog handlers too.
I would like to announce the the USA has put behind it centuries of sexism.
The US has its first female president, Josephine Robin Biden.
Word was that Joe, I mean Josephine confused his wife with the VP.
White House Alters Transcript to Clean Up After Yet Another Biden Gaffe
I am happy to day that this is not the case and Joe, I mean Josephine, is not suffering from dementia. No, it was simply a Freudian slip. Josephine was merely using her chosen pronouns just wee bit prematurely. Expect to see Josephine to come out later this spring.
she her hers
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