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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 205247" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>I just recently watching a program about the Mideast situation and I'm sorry I forgot the person but they raised a very interesting point about the region and the oil companies. They contended and with good argument that they (big oil) in fact liked the number authoriterian regimes in power over there because they tended to do a better job of keeping the powder kegs of their societies from exploding. </p><p> </p><p>The companies and these despots had a relationship of one giving money for product and the other had a mechanism to maintain power and everyone was winning. Now that balance in the region has been upset and in some sense the whole thing threatened as the extremes of society gain more toehold with the average folk. Even the Saudia royals don't sit as comfortable as they once did.</p><p> </p><p>I have to admit, it was an interesting point of order!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 205247, member: 2189"] I just recently watching a program about the Mideast situation and I'm sorry I forgot the person but they raised a very interesting point about the region and the oil companies. They contended and with good argument that they (big oil) in fact liked the number authoriterian regimes in power over there because they tended to do a better job of keeping the powder kegs of their societies from exploding. The companies and these despots had a relationship of one giving money for product and the other had a mechanism to maintain power and everyone was winning. Now that balance in the region has been upset and in some sense the whole thing threatened as the extremes of society gain more toehold with the average folk. Even the Saudia royals don't sit as comfortable as they once did. I have to admit, it was an interesting point of order! [/QUOTE]
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