I can not imagine what will happen in the gulf region if global demand for oil starts going down.
I'm more concerned about what will happen in the gulf region if global demand doesn't go down. Temperature-wise, I mean.
Qatar to withdraw from OPEC as of January
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#22I can not imagine what will happen in the gulf region if global demand for oil starts going down.
As one of the Arab leaders said, something along the lines of "my grandfather rode a camel, my dad a Jeep, I a Mercedes. But my grandson will ride a camel."
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#23I have never seen a modern country that dares to host 9/11 terrorists, supports extremism ideologies, and openly fights countries that try to defeat terrorism. They are out because they want to pump beyond their quota. An attempt to bankrupt Saudis after their marvelous breakout from Islamist ideologies.
> I have never seen a modern country that dares to host 9/11 terrorists, supports extremism ideologies, and openly fights countries that try to defeat terrorism. Then maybe you should get glasses. If you give me a map of the middle east and I point at a random country the chance that they do all of these things (according to some people) would be almost 100%.
America is the worst society by any standard and a global hegomonic power that is an anathema to world peace
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#24I can not imagine what will happen in the gulf region if global demand for oil starts going down.
i've lived in kuwait as recently as 2017 - there is a general air of despair over all industry. when the oil prices took their recent nosedive, all projects were cancelled and the country took a dive into austerity. The projects were re-started in other forms when the oil prices went up but the writing on the wall became clear to everyone. lots of educated well off kuwaitis have purchased homes abroad for "re-settlem…
If oil is the only resource then why would boundaries get redrawn? Saddam wanted Kuwait for the oil reserves and not much else.
Many gulf countries rely on foreign labor for “ work locals aren’t willing to do”. They can drastically cut back on that and reduce the local pop by half or more in some cases.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I have never seen a modern country that dares to host 9/11 terrorists, supports extremism ideologies, and openly fights countries that try to defeat terrorism. Then maybe you should get glasses. If you give me a map of the middle east and I point at a random country the chance that they do all of these things (according to some people) would be almost 100%.
I carefully used the word “modern”. This excludes religious theocracies such as Iran and dictatorships like Syria, or failed states like the Hezbollah controlled Lebanon. Qatar presents itself as a modern country that respects global order, when it is nothing but a terrorist nation that worked as the PR firm of Osama Bin Ladin.
Do you mean Saudi instead of Qatar?
Wasn't Osama Saudi and wasn't the funding for 9/11 from Saudi?
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
i've lived in kuwait as recently as 2017 - there is a general air of despair over all industry. when the oil prices took their recent nosedive, all projects were cancelled and the country took a dive into austerity. The projects were re-started in other forms when the oil prices went up but the writing on the wall became clear to everyone. lots of educated well off kuwaitis have purchased homes abroad for "re-settlem…
If oil is the only resource then why would boundaries get redrawn? Saddam wanted Kuwait for the oil reserves and not much else. Many gulf countries rely on foreign labor for “ work locals aren’t willing to do”. They can drastically cut back on that and reduce the local pop by half or more in some cases.
For the same reason, but the opposite direction? Does Kuwait (in this example) have an identity strong enough that it out lasts its oil reserves, or does it faction back out among its neighbors as migrant workers disburse "home" (or the next richest country or what have you)?
Might not require wars to be fought, but might still mean borders get redrawn in the gulf region when the economics shift.
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#27I think Iran and Venezuela should also quit OPEC and sell Oil in non-US dollars.
Switch to which currency? Roubles?
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
i've lived in kuwait as recently as 2017 - there is a general air of despair over all industry. when the oil prices took their recent nosedive, all projects were cancelled and the country took a dive into austerity. The projects were re-started in other forms when the oil prices went up but the writing on the wall became clear to everyone. lots of educated well off kuwaitis have purchased homes abroad for "re-settlem…
If oil is the only resource then why would boundaries get redrawn? Saddam wanted Kuwait for the oil reserves and not much else. Many gulf countries rely on foreign labor for “ work locals aren’t willing to do”. They can drastically cut back on that and reduce the local pop by half or more in some cases.
i believe the boundaries were drawn by the british, hence the straight lines.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
If oil is the only resource then why would boundaries get redrawn? Saddam wanted Kuwait for the oil reserves and not much else. Many gulf countries rely on foreign labor for “ work locals aren’t willing to do”. They can drastically cut back on that and reduce the local pop by half or more in some cases.
i believe the boundaries were drawn by the british, hence the straight lines.
Also it's a desert border.