"Sexually Egalitarian Imperialism"

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie Furuhashi quoted WSWS:
>
>>The value of US-Saudi trade is enormous. In 1999 Saudi exports to 
>>the US were estimated at $7.9 billion and imports from the US at 
>>$7.6 billion.
>
>Yes, the Saudi-US relationship is important, but a little 
>perspective on "enormous": in 2000, U.S. imports from SA were $14.3 
>billion. That's roughly the magnitude of U.S. imports from Brazil 
>and the Philippines, and is only a fraction of trade with other 
>countries. E.g. Mexico: $135b; Japan, $150b; China, $120b; Canada, 
>$229b.
>
>Doug

Wouldn't oil be far dearer if the USA had not succeeded in destroying 
the populist-secularist-pan-Arabist left in the Middle East?
-- 
Yoshie

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