Saudi journalist killed and hacked inside Saudi embassy in Istanbul

[WinterHold]

A sad part to all of this, in addition to a WaPo journalist's life being taken, is that if the US cuts all ties with SA, because of our heavy dependence on their oil, our gas prices would raise as high as $7.00 a gallon. Which begs the question for me:

We have a ten year supply of oil in our own reserves. Why is it that we cannot use our own fucking oil? What is so important about foreign oil?

I'd seriously like to know.

I think it has to do with being a superpower: the U.S doesn't have a single oil source like everybody else, but actually has two: the local reserves, and the Saudi oil.

And that what makes the U.S the most supreme in the international playground right now. The currency of the U.S (which is the number 1 currency in the world) is linked to oil prices.

That's why Trump is dangerous beyond limit: he literally has 2 oil reserves instead of 1, he has a royal family under his disposal that he can order around to raise or lower oil prices, whenever he wants he also has the world's largest nuclear weapons reserves.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/inde...=oil_where

The U.S produces 12 % of crude oil. Saudi Arabia produces 13 %.
Literally the U.S has an economical replacement in the kingdom.

Resist, and you'll be chopped with a bone saw.