A #WarOnCheapOil to create/support international demand for USD
This is speculative. The aim is to understand the violence that killed millions. You decide if it is useful/relevant.
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Now, the most common explanation we hear is that ‘mistakes were made’. More plausibly, Luke Gromen defines the #StateDeptOilMarket – military action to control the flow and pricing of oil.
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• maintain international demand for US dollars, and;
• to keep US shale competitive against lower cost producers.
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oilprice.com/Geopolitics/In…
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Something kinda unreal about ISIS, no?
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Oil, then, would be more expensive.
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a - Europe stops funding US deficits by stocking US paper
b - threat of reduction in international USD demand via oil with a possible competing ccy
Would that be worth taking all but KSA/USA oil offline for?
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