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Who do you think is giving financial aid to Turkey to run its economy? Yes, it is the Arabs. Arabs are playing good cop - bad cop and helping Turkey cow Qatar and pretending that Qatar has split from GCC to avoid taking responsibility when questioned by EU or USA.

EU needs Arab oil and hence will not be able to punish Turkey in any way. Turkey by itself is pretty useless and weak. But with backing from oil and gas barons, it is impervious to EU sanctions. Last time USA tried to meddle in currency of Turkey and immediately Qatar came to rescue. Only way EU can sanction Turkey is when it gets energy independence. Till then EU will have to keep quiet


Who do you think is giving financial aid to Turkey to run its economy? Yes, it is the Arabs. Arabs are playing good cop - bad cop and helping Turkey cow Qatar and pretending that Qatar has split from GCC to avoid taking responsibility when questioned by EU or USA.

EU needs Arab oil and hence will not be able to punish Turkey in any way. Turkey by itself is pretty useless and weak. But with backing from oil and gas barons, it is impervious to EU sanctions. Last time USA tried to meddle in currency of Turkey and immediately Qatar came to rescue. Only way EU can sanction Turkey is when it gets energy independence. Till then EU will have to keep quiet


LOL the next with zerro knowlege...

1. Turkey gets most of its money with trading with EU ... building for western companys ...not from Arab aid..

2. EU gets most of its oil from

27.0% Russia
10.9% Norway
8.09% iraq
7.97% Nigeria
7.58% Saudi Arabia
7.31% Kasachstan
6.1% Lybia
4.36% USA

do you realy belive EU worry about arab oil... how naive are you?
 
LOL the next with zerro knowlege...

1. Turkey gets most of its money with trading with EU ... building for western companys ...not from Arab aid..

2. EU gets most of its oil from

27.0% Russia
10.9% Norway
8.09% iraq
7.97% Nigeria
7.58% Saudi Arabia
7.31% Kasachstan
6.1% Lybia
4.36% USA

do you realy belive EU worry about arab oil... how naive are you?
Trade with EU? Can you tell me what does EU have to trade? Most of EU money is derived from arms sales, oil and gas companies like BP, Total etc and shipping companies to ship oil & gas which depend on Arab oil money. So, Turkey is just getting a share of the oil money in an interdependent manner by intertwining its economy with EU. But, they source is still Arabs.

EU depends on 30% oil from Arabs or Arab controlled countries like KSA, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria (controlled by Muslim Brotherhood). Another 35% is from Russia and ally (Kazakhstan). Another 15% is from other muslim countries like Azerbaijan, Algeria, Kuwait, UAE etc. Overall, 45% oil is from Muslim controlled countries and another 35% is from Russian controlled countries, both of which are not friendly to EU.

If Muslims decide to cut oil supply to EU, EU is a gone case.
 
Trade with EU? Can you tell me what does EU have to trade? Most of EU money is derived from arms sales, oil and gas companies like BP, Total etc and shipping companies to ship oil & gas which depend on Arab oil money. So, Turkey is just getting a share of the oil money in an interdependent manner by intertwining its economy with EU. But, they source is still Arabs.

EU depends on 30% oil from Arabs or Arab controlled countries like KSA, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria (controlled by Muslim Brotherhood). Another 35% is from Russia and ally (Kazakhstan). Another 15% is from other muslim countries like Azerbaijan, Algeria, Kuwait, UAE etc. Overall, 45% oil is from Muslim controlled countries and another 35% is from Russian controlled countries, both of which are not friendly to EU.

If Muslims decide to cut oil supply to EU, EU is a gone case.

Have a read through this: https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/turkey/index_en.htm

You Indians have a habit of making stuff up. The Arabs hate Turkey, this stems for the old Ottoman Sultanate. Turkey has forever been at odds with the other GCC. Erodgan messed up, Turks are too blind to see it because they have this fantasy love affair with him.

EU has internal oil reserves that it is not currently using. North Sea for UK and Norway are still untapped. Biggest imports for energy is from Russia. Muslims countries specially GCC are played by USA/EU countries they don't have the balls to stop or challenge the oil exports to EU.
 
You Indians have a habit of making stuff up. The Arabs hate Turkey, this stems for the old Ottoman Sultanate. Turkey has forever been at odds with the other GCC. Erodgan messed up, Turks are too blind to see it because they have this fantasy love affair with him.
Again, this is not correct. Erdogan could never have been so successful without backing from some rich country. The only ones who would do that are Arabs. It is a known fact that Qatar is the biggest sponsor of Erdogan. Turkish defence programs are also funded by Qatar. Without any financial backing, Turkey is a bankrupt country with no resources and low technology base. USA and EU would have sanctioned Turkey to sabotage its defence programme just like Iran or north Korea was sanctioned. The only reason why Turkey is able to withstand this is due to backing by Arabs.

Ottoman era too Saudis were not against Turkey. It was simply that Ottoman empire was to weak and had to import even guns from Germany in WW1 and hence Arabs split to avoid humiliation of the defeat. See that time Arabs were poor and had no oil. So, the split of stands has nothing to do with being anti Turkey. However, the animosity between USA, EU and Israel with Arabs is recent and ongoing. I am surprised why you would claim that Arabs hate Turkey while like the west.

EU has internal oil reserves that it is not currently using. North Sea for UK and Norway are still untapped. Biggest imports for energy is from Russia. Muslims countries specially GCC are played by USA/EU countries they don't have the balls to stop or challenge the oil exports to EU.
EU has internal oil enough for 2 years of consumption. Only 2 countries have oil - UK and Norway. The total oil amounts to 12 billion barrels.

The biggest imports of energy is indeed from Russia but that is because Russia also exports gas and coal in addition to oil and hence total energy from Russia is higher. But in terms of oil, missile supply most of it. Secondly, Russia will stop selling oil if it sees that EU is desperate due to lack of Arab oil. So, Muslim oil acts as a secondary option to have against Russia.

Muslim countries are using oil as a political tool to force their policies on Europe and USA. But it can't fully cut off oil supply as Arabs need security via dependency of many countries on their oil. Also, USA went on energy independence and hence it is difficult for Arabs to force their policy while USA is using its influence. As long as USA is independent of oil imports, Muslims will find it difficult to force Europe bring a point. But there is still considerable leverage and hence EU to has to act with great caution
 
The Turkish exports to the EU are decreasing with each year, right now its around 50% with brexit it will be around 40% if not lower. That means that the EU is in a rather weaker stance then some users here might want to project and the policy of diversifiyng away from the EU is going on in full speed trough various projects, they wil also be busy trying to bail out the weaker southern euro states this year, which will be interesting to observe. They would have more influence if they would have upgraded the customs union but they didnt and will deal with the refugees now.

Erodgan messed up, Turks are too blind to see it because they have this fantasy love affair with him.

If Turks were blind to see it, then there wouldnt be bi-partisan support to get rid of the refugees- especially the arabs. No one wants to have these people in Turkey because reason which everyone is aware of and getting rid of them is a main priority for every politican. Opposition succesfully capitalize on the illegal/refugee situation in Turkey much to Erdogans disfavor and as a result the major cities are already under oposition-controll.

Get rid of the refugees/illegals or the people will get rid of you, thats the motto.
 
Glass u noob what you guess would happen if 50% of EU trade would disapeer from one day to the other... Turkey would fall appart in weeks
 
Trade with EU? Can you tell me what does EU have to trade? Most of EU money is derived from arms sales, oil and gas companies like BP, Total etc and shipping companies to ship oil & gas which depend on Arab oil money. So, Turkey is just getting a share of the oil money in an interdependent manner by intertwining its economy with EU. But, they source is still Arabs.

EU depends on 30% oil from Arabs or Arab controlled countries like KSA, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria (controlled by Muslim Brotherhood). Another 35% is from Russia and ally (Kazakhstan). Another 15% is from other muslim countries like Azerbaijan, Algeria, Kuwait, UAE etc. Overall, 45% oil is from Muslim controlled countries and another 35% is from Russian controlled countries, both of which are not friendly to EU.

If Muslims decide to cut oil supply to EU, EU is a gone case.

Are you really that dump?

If Muslims decide to cut oil supply nothing would happen in the EU but EU could cut everything the muslim world needs for life (cars/trucks/high tech/medicin/everything you need for daily life)....

just for you Unterbelichteten Wicht...

Foreign direct investment abord 2017 world ranking...

World $ 34,730,000,000,000
EU $ 16,666,000,000,000

1. Neatherlands $ 5,809,000,000,000
2. USA $ 5,644,000,000,000
3. Germany $ 2,074,000,000,000
4. Hong Kong $ 1,806,000,000,000
5. UK $ 1,634,000,000,000
6. Swiss $ 1,556,000,000,000
7. Japan $ 1,548,000,000,000
8. Irland $ 1,490,000,000,000
9. France $ 1,452,000,000,000
10. Canada $ 1,366,000,000,000
11. China $1,342,000,000,000
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32. UAE $ 124,900,000,000
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37 Kuwait $ 79,620,000,000

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41. Saudi Arabia $ 59,080,000,000

who you thing are the real investors in the world.... handfull rich arabs...no.... china... no.....
 
Are you really that dump?

If Muslims decide to cut oil supply nothing would happen in the EU but EU could cut everything the muslim world needs for life (cars/trucks/high tech/medicin/everything you need for daily life)....
These trucks, cars, medicines etc use oil. Without oil, there will be none of them in the first place. So, where will EU get these things for its own people if Muslims cut oil?

Muslims can get the manufactured items from China and India and raw materials like food from African countries. EU has absolutely nothing to offer in real value. It only sells expensive items by bloating the price and requesting Arabs to buy them to get funds to sustain their economy.

just for you Unterbelichteten Wicht...

Foreign direct investment abord 2017 world ranking...

World $ 34,730,000,000,000
EU $ 16,666,000,000,000

1. Neatherlands $ 5,809,000,000,000
2. USA $ 5,644,000,000,000
3. Germany $ 2,074,000,000,000
4. Hong Kong $ 1,806,000,000,000
5. UK $ 1,634,000,000,000
6. Swiss $ 1,556,000,000,000
7. Japan $ 1,548,000,000,000
8. Irland $ 1,490,000,000,000
9. France $ 1,452,000,000,000
10. Canada $ 1,366,000,000,000
11. China $1,342,000,000,000
.
.
.
.
.
32. UAE $ 124,900,000,000
.
.
.
.
37 Kuwait $ 79,620,000,000

.
.
.
41. Saudi Arabia $ 59,080,000,000

who you thing are the real investors in the world.... handfull rich arabs...no.... china... no.....
The dollar is a result of Petrodollar. Without petrodollar, the currency of western countries would be worth nothing. Most of the FDI are simply money that went out of the country and hence won't be coming back. Muslims on the other hand have oil reserve under their feet which is used to supply oil to the world daily. The FDI is just a thing if the past and not something useful in the future.

Showing statistics of FDI is simply absurd. Can you explain how Netherlands got so much money to invest? This is funny as hell. USA dollar is printed on behalf of Arabs as it is also the currency of Petrodollar states. So, most of the FDI which you are showing is most likely the money printed by USA on behalf of Arabs and hence is not actual wealth of West but wealth of Muslims. That is how worthless countries like Netherlands can have so much FDI. It is simply the money being routed via western countries.
 
What an epic disaster this was for little Erdo. I am not the biggest fan of turkey, but they really deserve something better then the total loser Erdogan!

But as soon as Corona really spreads in turkey, they Greek border is the least of loser Erdogan‘s problems!

Thanks to the Greek border police and the absolutly amazing people on the island of Lesbos, the did an fantastic job in defending Europe! Efcharistó!!!
 
Glass u noob what you guess would happen if 50% of EU trade would disapeer from one day to the other... Turkey would fall appart in weeks

Remember when Turkey shot down a Russian jet and Russia cut its tomato imports from Turkey + Russian tourists stopped going to Turkey..... Erdogan went on his knees to Moscow...
 
Again, this is not correct. Erdogan could never have been so successful without backing from some rich country. The only ones who would do that are Arabs. It is a known fact that Qatar is the biggest sponsor of Erdogan. Turkish defence programs are also funded by Qatar. Without any financial backing, Turkey is a bankrupt country with no resources and low technology base. USA and EU would have sanctioned Turkey to sabotage its defence programme just like Iran or north Korea was sanctioned. The only reason why Turkey is able to withstand this is due to backing by Arabs.

Ottoman era too Saudis were not against Turkey. It was simply that Ottoman empire was to weak and had to import even guns from Germany in WW1 and hence Arabs split to avoid humiliation of the defeat. See that time Arabs were poor and had no oil. So, the split of stands has nothing to do with being anti Turkey. However, the animosity between USA, EU and Israel with Arabs is recent and ongoing. I am surprised why you would claim that Arabs hate Turkey while like the west.


EU has internal oil enough for 2 years of consumption. Only 2 countries have oil - UK and Norway. The total oil amounts to 12 billion barrels.

The biggest imports of energy is indeed from Russia but that is because Russia also exports gas and coal in addition to oil and hence total energy from Russia is higher. But in terms of oil, missile supply most of it. Secondly, Russia will stop selling oil if it sees that EU is desperate due to lack of Arab oil. So, Muslim oil acts as a secondary option to have against Russia.

Muslim countries are using oil as a political tool to force their policies on Europe and USA. But it can't fully cut off oil supply as Arabs need security via dependency of many countries on their oil. Also, USA went on energy independence and hence it is difficult for Arabs to force their policy while USA is using its influence. As long as USA is independent of oil imports, Muslims will find it difficult to force Europe bring a point. But there is still considerable leverage and hence EU to has to act with great caution

I don't know what classical history they teach in India but you really need to burn your books and look at credible sources for real historical information.

Erodgan has/had no backing he is acting on Turkish prestige earned over decades before he came to power. Arabs have no hand in Turkish development. Turkish defence programmes have been a blessing from the fact that Turkey has been part of NATO and the investment was because of this participation. You comment that Turkey is bankrupt and has no technological base is again baseless and born out of some misconception. Turkey has a sound economy that is more crash resistance that the arabs you speak off. Their technological base is generations ahead of any arab country and even India and Pakistan.

USA and EU will never have sanctioned Turkey. Turkey was always viewed as a very open-minded and tolerant Muslim country, that has changed because of Erodgan hence the current conundrum of being kicked out of trade deals and being pushed into a corner politically and economically.

Ottoman era Arabs existed as tribes - unruly tribes with no affinity or identity. Ottomans held sway in Muslim world and had prestige. The house of saud was in direct competition on the claim to being the caliphate of the Muslim world. Arabs saving grace was the discovery of oil and the Ottomans battering in WWI.

Total UK oil reserves are in the region of 20 billion barrels enough to last the UK 20 years IF USED this stat is by OGA (Oil and Gas Authority) a very reliable source.

Energy supply is indeed from Russia (The only thing you got right in your drivel). The Russian dependency is not being countered by GCC, US oil is the ultimate back-up plus internal reserves of main EU powerhouses. Russia will not/cannot stop supplying energy to EU. That is the only export they are making money on, that cannot be sanctioned by EU. Catch 22 for Russians.

GCC tries to use oil as a political tool and they learned it the hard way when US decided to dump their oil in the markets. The oil slump was planned and executed to cull this perceived notion that GCC had about controlling world issues. There is a reason why GCC specially UAE and now even Saudis are trying to diversify their economy away from oil. GCC oil monopoly has been weakened they never can pose a threat to EU/USA or most developed nation as their own national setups (bureaucracy and civil service) is weak. The clamour for reform and traitors present in their midst are enough of a deterrent.

Saddam thought he was the boss. Gadafi thought he was the boss. Where are they now?
This has been and will remain to be the biggest downfall of GCC - Their monarchy and totalitarian regimes. Turkey is way ahead of the game Mustafa Kemal Atatürk knew this in 1923.
 
These trucks, cars, medicines etc use oil. Without oil, there will be none of them in the first place. So, where will EU get these things for its own people if Muslims cut oil?

Muslims can get the manufactured items from China and India and raw materials like food from African countries. EU has absolutely nothing to offer in real value. It only sells expensive items by bloating the price and requesting Arabs to buy them to get funds to sustain their economy.


The dollar is a result of Petrodollar. Without petrodollar, the currency of western countries would be worth nothing. Most of the FDI are simply money that went out of the country and hence won't be coming back. Muslims on the other hand have oil reserve under their feet which is used to supply oil to the world daily. The FDI is just a thing if the past and not something useful in the future.

Showing statistics of FDI is simply absurd. Can you explain how Netherlands got so much money to invest? This is funny as hell. USA dollar is printed on behalf of Arabs as it is also the currency of Petrodollar states. So, most of the FDI which you are showing is most likely the money printed by USA on behalf of Arabs and hence is not actual wealth of West but wealth of Muslims. That is how worthless countries like Netherlands can have so much FDI. It is simply the money being routed via western countries.

This post just shows your naivety and lack of understanding in these matters.
No one is forcing the GCC to use petrodollars. They rely on dollars and peg their currency to the US dollar because it is more stable. FDI is more than just money going in or out it is a measure of the economy and shows that the nation has skilled workforce and stable environment to allow for and nice return. Showing stats in FDI is the perfect way to illustrate the shortcomings of GCC.

Netherlands has so much money to invest because of their tax laws and their investment treaties around the world. It also shows how stable they are and investors can invest with confidence.

US dollar is printed on behalf of the Federal Reserve. Arabs don't get to say how much dollars are printed. Do you even read what you are writing. Do they not teach comprehension skills in India?

I will tell you how much power Arabs have. Their currency which is pegged to the US dollar which means that the GCC countries central banks use a fixed exchange rate, and guarantee to give you a fixed amount of their currency in return for a US dollar. They use dollars to purchase US treasury so they can earn interest on their dollar holdings. All the time they do this so their exports are competitive.

The pegging limits the fiscal measure a country's central bank can take as they cannot raise the currency value to suit their economic model but instead have to rely on fiscal rules set by US Federal Bank. They cannot for example control inflation as tightly as they would be able to if currency was valued independently and not pegged to US dollars.

So much for the Arab monopoly!
 
Glass u noob what you guess would happen if 50% of EU trade would disapeer from one day to the other... Turkey would fall appart in weeks

It disappears tho, next year ur rate of 50% will be lower because brexit furthermore there are massive initiatives like this for asia
https://www.dailysabah.com/diplomacy/2019/12/26/turkey-to-take-new-steps-toward-asia-anew-initiative
and this for africa
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-sees-trade-potential-in-africa-minister-says-151037
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/turkish-african-business-circles-to-meet-in-ski-resort/1722791
which are very important for Turkey.

Turkey doesnt move away from the EU but simply strengthens its trade relationswith other continents- and that succsesfully.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/turkish-exports-hit-18046b-in-2019/1691063
 
It’s funny when some europeans think if EU cancel trade with Turkey that only one side will lose this kind of mental retardation tells how much wannabe crusaders are stupid
There’s also new strategy launched by TR government it’s called “Asia initiative” or in plain words Turkey is turning towards asian countries for trade and FDI
In 5-10 years asian states would have significantly more economic presence than EU/US in Turkey

Remember when Turkey shot down a Russian jet and Russia cut its tomato imports from Turkey + Russian tourists stopped going to Turkey..... Erdogan went on his knees to Moscow...
That was 2015 when pkk launched urban war in SE Turkey plus there were lots of isis bombing of course the tourism suffered but some people who aren’t educated much think that russian joke economic measures were the most important for erdogan’s letter to putin the gulen issue was key event too
According to you russian ban on turkish tomato+russian tourists who only go with all inclusive package and are the lowest spending tourists had more effect than american manipulation attack on turkish lira+brunson sanctions+partial s400 sanctions???
you should better study turkish internal dynamics coupled with its foreign policy decisions before giving sputnik level empty propaganda talk
By forming tactical temporary alliance with russians at that time was probably one of the best moves in erdogan’s career
 
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I don't know what classical history they teach in India but you really need to burn your books and look at credible sources for real historical information.
You talk so much trash that I am really surprised that you even know to read history books! What rubbish are you talking in the first place?
Erodgan has/had no backing he is acting on Turkish prestige earned over decades before he came to power. Arabs have no hand in Turkish development. Turkish defence programmes have been a blessing from the fact that Turkey has been part of NATO and the investment was because of this participation. You comment that Turkey is bankrupt and has no technological base is again baseless and born out of some misconception. Turkey has a sound economy that is more crash resistance that the arabs you speak off. Their technological base is generations ahead of any arab country and even India and Pakistan
Turkey was conquered by UK in WW1 and henceforth Turkey remained under UK-USA rule. The very reason Turkey is part of NATO is because Turkey was a puppet state of UK-USA and useful due to its ability to block Bosphorous straits. If Turkey was not a puppet state, it would not be NATO country in the first place. Turkey is a bankrupt country who is funded and sponsored by USA-UK with Arab Petrodollar.

Turkey gas no technology. Forget India, Turkey has lessee technology than Pakistan. Turkey can't even make car engines as they have always relied on workshop model to act as cheap labour for EU and only did lesser technology jobs. Turkey is rich because of its proximity to EU and Arabs and hence higher trade but is definitely not technically advanced.

In such a situation, it was impossible for Erdogan to even become popular without backing. Read on the number of coups which used to take place every 10 years in Turkey to understand how USA-UK used to eliminate those leaders whom it didn't like. Erdogan was even banned for 6 years from politics but was reversed by parliament after elections were won by his party. It would have been impossible to win elections when Turkey was under siege technologically as well as politically unless there was backing from someone very powerful. The only ones I see who would back Islamist Erdogan are Arabs. So, Erdogan was indeed backed by Arabs.

USA and EU will never have sanctioned Turkey. Turkey was always viewed as a very open-minded and tolerant Muslim country, that has changed because of Erodgan hence the current conundrum of being kicked out of trade deals and being pushed
Turkey was a vassal state with leaders imposed by USA-UK and hence was considered moderate. Ataturk was an agent of the west and not a real leader on his own. The real leaders were eliminated by coups every now and then and hence Turkey was considered as NATO ally.

Ottoman era Arabs existed as tribes - unruly tribes with no affinity or identity. Ottomans held sway in Muslim world and had prestige. The house of saud was in direct competition on the claim to being the caliphate of the Muslim world. Arabs saving grace was the discovery of oil and the Ottomans battering in WWI.
House of Sauds didn't even have food supply to challenge Ottomans. They were tribals living in poverty. Oil was discovered only after WW2. So, it has got nothing to do with Arab-Ottoman rivalry. There was no real rivalry between Arabs and Ottoman at all. Ottomans lost WW1 and hwnce Arabs decided to split instead of being conquered as vassals by UK-USA.

Total UK oil reserves are in the region of 20 billion barrels enough to last the UK 20 years IF USED this stat is by OGA (Oil and Gas Authority) a very reliable source.
No, UK oil reserve is in 5 billion barrels which is extractable. Rest are just resources. Only about 45-50% of oil is extractable. UK has been extracting since 1980 and hence lot of used up oil field with unextractable resources remains. I am only talking of extractable oil, not total resources.

Energy supply is indeed from Russia (The only thing you got right in your drivel). The Russian dependency is not being countered by GCC, US oil is the ultimate back-up plus internal reserves of main EU powerhouses. Russia will not/cannot stop supplying energy to EU. That is the only export they are making money on, that cannot be sanctioned by EU. Catch 22 for Russians.
USA oil is not enough. USA itself is a net importer of oil, though most of it is Canadian oil. So, Muslim oil is the only hedge against Russia. EU doesn't have oil reserves more than for 2 years. Only countries like Norway and UK can survive on their own oil for sometime if they don't share it with other EU states. Other countries will collapse in that case.

Russia has very little interest in trade with EU. Russia is the supplier of critical goods to EU and EU just sells trivial goods. Russia is self sufficient for most of its critical needs. Whatever imports it needs like generic medicines, electronics, machinery etc are easily imported from China and India. EU has very little to offer Russia. So, the power if the trade lies with Russia, not EU. EU can do nothing to Russia whereas Russian sanction to EU can be crippling. That is why Muslim oil act as a hedge against Russian power.

GCC tries to use oil as a political tool and they learned it the hard way when US decided to dump their oil in the markets. The oil slump was planned and executed to cull this perceived notion that GCC had about controlling world issues. There is a reason why GCC specially UAE and now even Saudis are trying to diversify their economy away from oil. GCC oil monopoly has been weakened they never can pose a threat to EU/USA or most developed nation as their own national setups (bureaucracy and civil service) is weak. The clamour for reform and traitors present in their midst are enough of a deterrent.
Nonsense. Where do you learn these garbage information? USA was forced to go on energy independence as Arab countries were arm twisting USA. USA oil reserves is not much and will run out by 2030 at this rate of production but is compelled to produce due to Arab arm twisting. The 2014 oil price crash was not due to USA shale oil but due to newly elected government in India who changed the global power equation..

The Arab countries are trying to reduce dependency on oil as their oil reserves can last only till 2050 and hence they need a substitute. This is not due to reduced oil prices. Muslims supply 50-55% of net oil exports and Russians and allies supply 20-25% of net oil exports. Total 75% of bet oil exports is from Muslims and Russians. I am not talking of GCC but general Muslim controlled states.

Saddam thought he was the boss. Gadafi thought he was the boss. Where are they now?
This has been and will remain to be the biggest downfall of GCC - Their monarchy and totalitarian regimes. Turkey is way ahead of the game Mustafa Kemal Atatürk knew this in 1923.
Saddam was never the boss as he didn't have support from KSA, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar etc. These countries produce most of the oil and they suddenly raised oil production by 60-70% in 1985 to compensate for any losses from Iraq, Russia and Iran and also arm twist Iran and Iraq as they were engaged in a war at that time. This combined with Iraq invading Kuwait, created weakness of Iraq. If Saddam hadn't invaded Kuwait or engaged in war with Iran, Saddam could have been much more powerful.
No one is forcing the GCC to use petrodollars. They rely on dollars and peg their currency to the US dollar because it is more stable. FDI is more than just money going in or out it is a measure of the economy and shows that the nation has skilled workforce and stable environment to allow for and nice return. Showing stats in FDI is the perfect way to illustrate the shortcomings of GCC.
Again arbitrary statements without any basis. It is true that none is forcing dollar on Arabs but the reason behind Petrodollar is an alliance against atheist USSR, not stability of US dollars. USA dollar was in no way stable. It is stabilised due to Petrodollar and consequent globalisation of dollar. FDI stats make no sense. None is speaking of stability of countries but of might and self sufficiency. For that matter, Cuba is a very stable country but is it mighty or self sufficient?

Netherlands has so much money to invest because of their tax laws and their investment treaties around the world. It also shows how stable they are and investors can invest with confidence.
Tax laws make it tax haven, not rich. You can call tax havens as rich as it is not their money but someone's money being channeled via them.
US dollar is printed on behalf of the Federal Reserve. Arabs don't get to say how much dollars are printed. Do you even read what you are writing. Do they not teach comprehension skills in India?
Again, talking shit. USA dollar is the currency of all those countries who have adopted it at the request of USA. Arabs have adopted dollar at the request of USA and hence it is Arab's currency too. USA has to accept Arabs' terms while printing dollars.
I will tell you how much power Arabs have. Their currency which is pegged to the US dollar which means that the GCC countries central banks use a fixed exchange rate, and guarantee to give you a fixed amount of their currency in return for a US dollar. They use dollars to purchase US treasury so they can earn interest on their dollar holdings. All the time they do this so their exports are competitive.
What nonsense! Why do Arabs need interest from USA? USA interests are just based on deficit which is useless. Unless it is pegged to something usable like rice, gold etc, Arabs don't need interest. Arabs have near Monopoly in oil exports. There is no need for being competitive.
The pegging limits the fiscal measure a country's central bank can take as they cannot raise the currency value to suit their economic model but instead have to rely on fiscal rules set by US Federal Bank. They cannot for example control inflation as tightly as they would be able to if currency was valued independently and not pegged to US dollars.

So much for the Arab monopoly!
The point here is that USA dollar is pegged to Arabs currencies rather than other way around. USA needs Arab oil more than Arabs needing USA goods. So, it is USA who have to obey the terms of Arabs for the dollar. Arabs didn't beg USA to peg their currency to dollars but it was USA who became desperate after oil sanctions in 1973 and hence begged for pegging of oil to dollars
 
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