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It's relevant in the context of strategic importance, not for the oil itself. The United States basically found some desert dwelling Muslim extremists and gave them a new God in the almighty dollar. I don't dispute the fact America could be energy independent if it was advantageous to the powers that be but nature abhors a vacuum and someone must have their boot on the neck of the world.
"In February 1945, Abdulaziz and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt met aboard the USS Quincy in the Suez Canal. There they made a historic handshake agreement (still in effect today), whereby Saudi Arabia would supply oil to the United States in exchange for American military protection of the Saudi regime." Sauce
You know, the other item of interest in that short video was when someone mentioned the petrodollar. Really, the host just said the word and the guest said "Exactly". It's a touchstone in conspiracy circles, and we've all heard about it for years and decades.
While yes, of course petroleum will forever be traded somewhere in dollars, the operational concept of the petrodollar died over the past couple of years. Only a handful of people can be said to have noticed.
My point is that when the Elites take a big "L", They just stop talking about it. In turn, both normies and conspiracists have nothing to react to in the headlines and just continue on with whatever ideas they already had.
It's quite startling to see how effective this simple technique really is.
After what they did to Gaddafi I think it'd be safe to assume those discussions are probably happening away from microphones and reaper drones