The politics of oil: U.S.-Saudi relationship shows cheap fuel comes at a price. (World).(United States/Saudi Arabia)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: October 19, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Call it a marriage of convenience or an unholy alliance, the relationship between the world's most powerful democracy and a repressive monarchy almost as severe as the Taliban could grow even stronger in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Those attacks are calling new attention to the costs and benefits of the alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia.

At the heart of the alliance is oil -- Saudi Arabia's possession of it, the United States' reliance on it and the perceived need to defend U.S. access to it. Throw into the mix billions of dollars in ...

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