• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    And it was a west-leaning country in a region full of oil and big trade routes.

    Other way around - their loyalties weren’t firmly lodged with either of the superpowers, so the US in the 70s and 80s put a lot of time and effort into wooing them.

    Their loyalties still aren’t lodged with anyone, but we keep sucking them off anyway.