A caller on C-span this morning

[kimmerspixelated]

commented on something he'd read in a book stating that way back when-Henry Kissinger made a deal with the Persian area to only trade oil with them.

#1. Does anyone know if that is true?

#2. If true, what did we get in return?

#3. If true, why would we have ever made such a deal as this? What's really going on?

[gullwing300]

1. Huh?

Don't understand the question.

[MrCoffee]

2. That guy was so crazy they cut away...

He was a nutbar. He read it in a book the aliens from the planet Zebulon Prime gave him.

[On the Road]

3. It is Not True That

the US ever relied on Iran as a sole supplier. The US has been deeply involved with the Saudis long before Kissinger came on the scene.

It is more likely that Iran agreed to sell 100% of its oil exports to the US. That would have been under our ally the Shah. The benefit of that would be assuring a stable supply.

[Make7]

4. He may have been talking about Lindsey Williams' work.

I'll preface this by saying that I don't believe much of what Mr. Williams says is accurate.

This is his take on the "Kissinger deals" with the oil producing countries:

    The Non-Energy Crisis by Lindsey Williams  (start at 32:40)


-Make7