Originally Posted by bedrock

The ace in the hole for the bankster state is the military and the petro dollar. As long as oil is traded in dollars only, there is artificial demand for the currency. Anyone who decides to try and trade out of the currency like Saddam or Qaddafi meets an unfortunate end.

Iran and China have been prevented from building a pipeline due to the US presence in Afghanistan. The Chinese aren't dumping the dollar because they are being allowed to buy up gold at cheaper prices due to Goldman-Sachs suppressing paper gold prices through massive shorting. As long as there is a world demand for oil, the US dollar can survive on the backs of the rest of the world.