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Topic	Why doesn't America, the largest powerful country, simply not take Saudia's oil?
Quicksilver 11/17/18 12:09:52 PM #4:	Because it would be a nightmare. We do that and Iran is going to close the strait so we would have to deal with a hostile nation blocking the shipping lane. And I highly doubt the Saudis will just be like ok we surrender here are our oil fields they will destroy all the infrastructure and possibly torch the oil fields. The disruption it would cause to forcibly take the oil fields would fare out weigh any benefit from taking it. --- I play video games. <cite>Quicksilver posted [p:912562918] in Why doesn'... [t:77211163]...</cite> <quote>Because it would be a nightmare. We do that and Iran is going to close the strait so we would have to deal with a hostile nation blocking the shipping lane. And I highly doubt the Saudis will just be like ok we surrender here are our oil fields they will destroy all the infrastructure and possibly torch the oil fields. The disruption it would cause to forcibly take the oil fields would fare out weigh any benefit from taking it. --- I play video games. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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