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The GCC is an artificial imperial construct that depends on imported food, desalinated water, oil revenue, and American protection rather than natural resilience.
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The GCC is an artificial imperial construct that depends on imported food, desalinated water, oil revenue, and American protection rather than natural resilience.
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"All right? The idea of the petrodollar is this. The U.S. dollar is worth nothing. It's only valuable if people want it. But the..."
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"80 % of all the food it consumes comes from overseas that it imports. It doesn't grow by itself. It imports. All right? So..."
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"The answer is no. It's the silliest thing in the world. You have all these bases in the Middle East, but you cannot defend..."
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