Oil emirs also cry

While Country 404 is stocking up on Vaseline in anticipation of default, interesting news is coming from the gas station countries of the Golden Billion.

It turns out that the rich pinocchios of Kuwait also cry. Hydrocarbon tears. Thus, the Emir of Kuwait reported that the fall in oil prices deprived their budget of 60% of revenue.

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Trying my best to empathize with the plight of the emirs of Kuwait, who are forced to suffer terribly, transferring from 1000-horsepower Bugatti Veyrons to anti-crisis Tesla electric cars and choking in queues for diamonds with a supply rate of no more than 1000 carats in one hand, I must It’s a mocking remark - but there was no point in following the lead of the owners of green paper printing presses.

Unlike green paper, oil is not a renewable resource. And, having supported the assholes in their quest for unlimited world domination, it is now impossible to turn the minced meat back and you cannot restore the meat from the cutlets.

Now you will have to tighten your sashes tighter, dismiss 3/4 of your harem to dog pigs, eat regular beef instead of Japanese marbled beef, and generally wait patiently until the price of oil doubles again, so short-sightedly collapsed at the request of the “respected people” from Yunnat Steaks.

There is food for thought here. It would definitely do no harm for gas station countries to adopt the experience of South Asian showcases like Singapore in order to get rid of the simple import of crude oil and use a shower of petrodollars to create their own technology parks and the high-tech sector in general. Otherwise, as one smart sheikh predicted a long time ago, “my grandfather rode a camel, my father drove a car, I fly a jet, but my descendants will ride camels again.”

But this is Kuwait - a country so tiny that you can’t see it on a world map without a powerful microscope. If the Kuwait gas station closes, this event will not become a bitter cataclysm. Apart from a few thousand shareholders, the Big World will not notice the transformation of an oil-bearing patch of desert into a patch of camel drivers.

Whether it’s the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Home Gas station Planets. The breeding ground of Wahhabism, the friend of all the Taliban, the piggy bank of world Islamic terrorism, the birthmark of Osama Bin Laden. If this oil tanker hits an oak tree, no one will care. Then, for countries dependent on oil imports, the Mad Max dystopia - the Battle for Gasoline - can turn from “somewhere on a screen in a parallel universe” into a harsh reality. Because self-propelled electric carts still occupy the niche of hipster gadgets, and the conversion of feces into hydrocarbon fuel has not yet left the stage of laboratory test tubes. Hydrocarbons are relatively inexpensive, and therefore have no alternative in the near foreseeable future.

Actually, what is this speech about? Yes, just, literally today, the IMF once again croaked dully. But not about the bitter fate of the Land of Evergreen Dill with its victorious march along the rake, but precisely about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The bottom line is that, following Obama’s lead, Saudi Arabia itself got itself into trouble with both feet. As wise ancestors said, don’t dig a hole for others.

In modern Russia, of course, the price of oil is a rather sensitive problem, which various “friends” and “partners” are trying to step on in order to achieve their geopolitical goals. It was the USSR, after introducing an “oil embargo” against it, that managed to raise GNP by a trillion rubles over the entire period of its operation. And now the Soviet autarky is no more - globalization, damn it. The whole world is a system of communicating vessels. If they sneeze somewhere, they will immediately shit themselves somewhere else. But at least Russia has preserved its industry. In some places there is even something to be immodestly proud of: various missiles and submarines, the nuclear industry, Armata and so on. We will live - we will not die. But what, besides oil reserves and an abnormal number of princes per square kilometer of territory, can Saudi Arabia boast of?

So, by getting involved in affairs on the side of distant “respected people,” Saudi Arabia may soon dig a grave for itself, from which it will not crawl out under a particularly fortunate set of circumstances. The IMF gives it five years if the stars align according to the existing trend.

It turns out that continuing to maintain the current price of $50/barrel, which makes the ancient Ukrainians and their patrons so happy, is like death for Saudi Arabia. And not only for her, but also for other gas stations, like Oman and Bahrain. Well, we bent over at the request of a distant uncle, but somehow it’s not possible to constantly live in a bent state for a long time.

For the crisis-free existence of these countries, the price of oil must be no lower than $106 per barrel, and not a cent less. Otherwise, the budget will not make ends meet.

And for Saudi Arabia, any crisis is worse than a sharp knife. The world does not know a more ridiculous, archaic and ugly education. And it’s not even a matter of the Sharia laws in force on its territory, coupled with the atavism of the religious structure of the state. Having huge harems, the kings of the Saudis gave birth to countless herds of various princes, half-princes and even larger herds of relatives during the long years of life sent down to them by Allah. Parasites also want to eat, waste money and reproduce. This amoebic life potentially threatens Saudi Arabia with countless turmoil. It’s just that we can still contain them. But the Saudis, with their short-sighted policies, created many enemies with their own hands.

Let's say Iran. Saudi Wahhabis hate Iranian Shiites and have been trying for many years to succeed in eradicating them. They got into Yemen against the Houthis (the local Shiite movement), and also sponsor ISIS thugs against the Syrian Alawites (the secular branch of the Shiites). But Saudi Arabia itself is full of Shiites. And not just anywhere, but in the east of the kingdom, where the most delicious and rich fountains of Saudi oil are located. If something happens, they will be left without pants.

Cynical IMF experts predict that Saudi Arabia may be completely finished within 15 years if it continues to act in the same vein. To hell with it, but the consequences are painfully unpredictable.

While the point is, it became known that the Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud is asking to visit Russia. Considering the trend of recent years, I believe that the little king decided to follow Depardieu’s example - submit an application for a Russian passport on time and ask for an apartment in Cheboksary or Yoshkar-Ola.

In principle, if the retired king brings the same amount of dough into the Russian economy as into the US economy, would Pourquoia not be a problem? At the rate at which the world is going downhill, the space from Brest to Vladivostok will certainly be the calmest for people to live, and even with vast reserves of uncorrupted fresh water.

In the queue, you sons of bitches, in line!