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by JumpCrisscross 2933 days ago
> it wasn't supply/demand that then caused oil to implode from $120 to under $20

Yes, it was. On the supply side, we got fracking. On the demand side, we got Great Recession.

> restrain Russia by using the USD to crash oil

The recent oil crashes were prompted, again, by supply-side factors. Not government intervention in the U.S. dollar's exchange rate. If anything, American military interventions in Libya and Syria, combined with equivocation with respect to Iran, has introduced supply-side constraints on the market.