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soit pèlerin soit casanier

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Excellent article fourni et argumenté sur le moyen de pression énorme que constitue la production de l'OPEP+ sur la politique intérieure US.

Le Kremlin est venu au sommet de l'OPEP+ la semaine dernière en demandant, sans trop y croire, une réduction journalière de 1 million de barils.
Le potentat de Ryad en exigé et obtenu 2 millions.
Pourquoi cet affront après que Biden ait fait la carpette le mois dernier à Ryiad ?

“The Saudis are well aware that the price of gasoline at the pump has been a crucial political issue in the United States since 1973,” Bruce Riedel, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told The Intercept in an email. “They want a big increase to help the Republicans,” he added, explaining that MBS sees the GOP winning back Congress as the “first step to Trump winning in 2024 and a setback for Biden.”

In 1973, Saudi Arabia led an oil embargo designed to punish the U.S. and other countries that supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Then, in 1979, Saudi Arabia again led an oil embargo — this time in the wake of the Iranian revolution, with the resultant high gas prices playing an arguably decisive role in Jimmy Carter’s loss to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential race."

https://theintercept.com/2022/10/20/saudi-oil-production-cut/