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Indofred
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I've known for a while, the US is trying to buy friends in this region of the world, and the projects they're funding is costing the US taxpayer a fortune, but I was never quite sure exactly why they were doing it, until now.
As we know, BRICS has taken around 20% of world trade over a few short years, putting a strain on the Dollar that wouldn't be there without it, and heralding a possible future disaster for the US economy.
Now we know China is the world's largest oil importer, all done in BRICS, and even the Saudis, where the petrodollar started life, are trading non dollar with China.
None of this is really news, but it goes some way to explaining why the US is gifting $millions to SE Asia.
Now to Indonesia, where the US taxpayers have very kindly given us a rare load of stuff, including fighter jets (F16) and are about to arm them, and the Indonesian Russian made jets, with nice, free, air to surface missiles.
Thanks very much, kind of you.
So, why are you doing this?
Easy, or it is when you look at this map.
Pretty much all of China's oil comes through the straights of Malacca, a perfect choke point if you want to stop Chinese supplies, but that requires help from Malaysia and Indonesia, or the tankers will simply divert to the other side of Java, and have a clear run.
There you go, where your tax Dollars are going.
As we know, BRICS has taken around 20% of world trade over a few short years, putting a strain on the Dollar that wouldn't be there without it, and heralding a possible future disaster for the US economy.
Now we know China is the world's largest oil importer, all done in BRICS, and even the Saudis, where the petrodollar started life, are trading non dollar with China.
None of this is really news, but it goes some way to explaining why the US is gifting $millions to SE Asia.
Now to Indonesia, where the US taxpayers have very kindly given us a rare load of stuff, including fighter jets (F16) and are about to arm them, and the Indonesian Russian made jets, with nice, free, air to surface missiles.
Thanks very much, kind of you.
So, why are you doing this?
Easy, or it is when you look at this map.
Pretty much all of China's oil comes through the straights of Malacca, a perfect choke point if you want to stop Chinese supplies, but that requires help from Malaysia and Indonesia, or the tankers will simply divert to the other side of Java, and have a clear run.
![15293625013_a2bc813806.jpg](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7570/15293625013_a2bc813806.jpg)
There you go, where your tax Dollars are going.