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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 4321224" data-attributes="member: 26737">That’s what the conspiracy theorists said, too. It’s not the events, it’s the interpretation of the events. Some say the Saudis are trying to unseat the dollar as the reserve currency, but there’s a simpler explanation—they’re agreeing to accept the yuan because they need a military protector to offset the Iranians now that the US is trying to GTFO of the Middle East. It’s not like the Japanese or Brits are interested in sending their navies to keep the Persian Gulf or Red Sea open, so they don’t have a lot of choices once the US Navy bails out for good.</blockquote>