[HN Gopher] U.S. Tech Giants Flocked to the Persian Gulf. Now Th...
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U.S. Tech Giants Flocked to the Persian Gulf. Now They Are Targets
Author : standardUser
Score : 24 points
Date : 2026-03-13 20:09 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
| joe_mamba wrote:
| It was obvious for everyone with 2 brain cells to rub together,
| that the gulf states invited so many US companies to open up shop
| there, as a defence insurance policy, so that the US government
| has monetary interests in the area besides oil, to intervene and
| defend in case of an attack.
|
| Well played from their side, as that's how this game works.
|
| And for those who didn't get it before, Marco Rubio even went out
| and publicly said Ukraine should sell rare earth rights to the US
| so that they have something there to defend to justify to the
| public providing a security guarantee for Ukraine. He basically
| spelled it out in layman's terms how the game is played. You can
| dislike it, you can disagree with it, but this is how it always
| worked, even if the general public was not aware of it. It's
| nothing to do with defending freedom, democracy, honor, values,
| whatever, it's all about preserving and making money.
| tchalla wrote:
| But I thought it was all for democracy and freedom.
| rayiner wrote:
| Who told you that? It wasn't Trump.
| mindslight wrote:
| Elect a clown, get a circus. Elect a tyrant, get tyranny. Elect a
| thief, get stolen from. Elect a serial rapist, expect a crime
| spree as they try to outrun justice. Elect someone who is all of
| the above and get utter chaos that is inhospitable to long term
| business.
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