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[-] nuclearfreak@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

huh, just as saudi arabia signs a nuclear power deal with the us. for peaceful purposes, of course https://justpaste.in/news/trump-sets-condition-for-saudi-nuclear-pact/

[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

China would have been a better partner

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 2 days ago

I don't think they want that smoke, better to let your competitor hurt themselves

[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Chinese companies do invest in Saudi Arabia though.

[-] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 days ago

the last chokepoint is the suez canal, if the axis somehow manages to get a hold of it oil has nowhere to go. of course this is a non issue now since it isn't flowing westward, but they'll try to rebuild this pipeline every time they can. we'll start feeling the oil prices for real now, tho.

[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

That would the pretext Israel needs to invade Sinai. The US and Germany will condemn while providing it with the weapons to do so, and Egypt reliant on US aid will sit back and watch.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Saudi idiots though they could escape Iran blockade

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago

sometimes i feels like people go out of their way to convince themselves that history won't repeat itself on them.

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2026
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