Our New Improved Middle East

regular.joe · 04-01-2015, 10:53 PM

From Wikipedia, I'll have to check the numbers:

In Yemen, income from oil production constitutes 70 to 75 percent of government revenue and about 90 percent of exports.

I'll bet the the guys working the fields are like our guys working the fields only from Malaysia.

Griff · 04-02-2015, 06:26 AM

So the collapse of oil prices, which I assume was orchestrated to hit Russia, Iran, and maybe Venezuela probably had a huge impact on the existing (creepy American ally) government's ability to bread and circus...

04-01-2015, 10:53 PM	#1
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	From Wikipedia, I'll have to check the numbers: In Yemen, income from oil production constitutes 70 to 75 percent of government revenue and about 90 percent of exports. I'll bet the the guys working the fields are like our guys working the fields only from Malaysia. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius. Last edited by regular.joe; 04-01-2015 at 10:53 PM. Reason: Small edit for clarity.

04-02-2015, 06:26 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	So the collapse of oil prices, which I assume was orchestrated to hit Russia, Iran, and maybe Venezuela probably had a huge impact on the existing (creepy American ally) government's ability to bread and circus... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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