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::Today Saudi Arabia uses its petrodollars to purchase defense contracts, rather than exchange them for U.S. gold reserves. For example, rebuilding the oil refinery destroyed by Iranian drones a few months ago requires a new early detection radar system to identify a massed, low-flying drone attack, coupled with a missile defense system to shoot down swarms of low-flying drones - the latest in defense technology. This is paid for with petrodollars. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 11:46, 25 February 2020 (EST)
::Today Saudi Arabia uses its petrodollars to purchase defense contracts, rather than exchange them for U.S. gold reserves. For example, rebuilding the oil refinery destroyed by Iranian drones a few months ago requires a new early detection radar system to identify a massed, low-flying drone attack, coupled with a missile defense system to shoot down swarms of low-flying drones - the latest in defense technology. This is paid for with petrodollars. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 11:46, 25 February 2020 (EST)
::All your conspiratorial rhetoric about the petrodollar boils down to is the volume of trade. Sure, U.S. dollars held by foreigners (in this case Middle Easterners), is massive. So was the post-World War II auto industry boom that gave Americans two cars in every garage. There are more registered vehicles in the United States than adults. [https://www.statista.com/statistics/183505/number-of-vehicles-in-the-united-states-since-1990/] So the answer is 'No, consumer choices is not a neocon conspiracy theory.' [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]</sup> 12:17, 25 February 2020 (EST)