I didn't ignore your explanations. I read every word in your replies. Your argument simply isn't convincing considering the bigger picture of events in the MENA and EastMed region.
This is an entirely different issue from the EastMed disputes.
In the year 2000, Saddam Hussein decided to ditch the petrodollar and trade Iraqi oil in Euros. Three years later, the U.S. invaded Iraq and changed it back to petrodollars.
Baghdad's switch from the dollar to the euro for oil trading is intended to rebuke Washington's hard-line on sanctions and to encourage Europeans to challenge it. But the political message will cost Iraq millions in lost revenue. RFE/RL correspondent Charles Recknagel looks at what Baghdad will...
www.rferl.org
Saddam Hussein made two "huge and significant" strategic "mistakes" to challenge the US dollar-based global oil trading system and American petroleum giants, prompting Washington to invade energy-rich Iraq, according to a new book.
economictimes.indiatimes.com
In 2009, Colonel Gaddafi, then President of the African Union, suggested to the States of the African continent to switch to a new currency, independent of the American dollar: the gold dinar. In 2011, the U.S. invaded Libya and ended this dream.
Gold and Oil: Petrodollars and the United States Attacks in Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Mali, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Iran; Understanding Obama’s AFRICOM Betrayal of African People
www.balanta.org
Iran attempted to ditch the dollar sometime in 2012. The U.S. almost invaded Iran and has continually tried to topple the regime from within. The reason America did not invade Iran is that Iran could bomb Saudi, Emirati, and Bahrain's oilfields and infrastructure, precipitating chaos that could topple these regimes (guarantors of the petrodollar system).
Rumors are swirling that India and Iran are at the negotiating table right now, hammering out a deal to trade oil for gold. Why does that matter, you ask? Only because it strikes at the heart of both the value of the US dollar and today's high-tension standoff with Iran.
www.financialsense.com
In 2015 Qatar launched the first Chinese yuan clearing hub in Middle East - a significant threat to the petrodollar dominance. Scarcely two years later, Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. nearly invaded Qatar, with America's blessing. Turkey foiled that invasion attempt.
Qatar opened the Middle East's first centre for clearing transactions in the Chinese yuan on Tuesday, saying it would boost trade and investment between China and Gulf Arab economies.
www.reuters.com
If these attempts to end the petrodollar world order gains momentum, the consequences would be devastating to America. It will effectively cripple the U.S. military machine and end its sanctions power over other countries (if you doubt it, we can discuss this topic separately). Here's an interesting read on the link between petrodollar and U.S. wars in the MENA region.
Gold and Oil: Petrodollars and the United States Attacks in Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Mali, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Iran; Understanding Obama’s AFRICOM Betrayal of African People
www.balanta.org
The Sunni Islamist threat to the petrodollar system is bigger than all pervious threats combined. That threat is currently playing out in Libya. If democracy is established in Libya, dictatorship is highly unlikely to survive in Egypt. Without a reliable dictator in Egypt to serve as a buffer between Sunni revolutionaries and the Saudi/Emirati/Bahraini mornarchies, these regimes will face an instant existantial threat - together with the petrodollar system. The one obstacle to solving this problem is Turkey's presence in Libya. If only Turkey would allow a pro-petrodollar dictatorship in Libya, much of these disputes will disappear or calm down, including the Grecco-Turkish issue. But if Turkey refuses to cooperate in Libya, the U.S. will request Greece to continuously provoke Turkey to the point of a conflict. The provocations will get more serious over time and will be designed to force a response from Turkey. In fact, I believe strongly that if Turkey refuses to be dragged into a war with Greece, the Greek will launch the first attack. Although this is a suicidal route for Greece, the consequences for the West is by far less serious than a collapse of the petrodollar, and by extension, the petroeuro. Of course Greek leaders will be promised massive rebuilding aid after the war.
In your analogy, who is the postman and who's the bullish neighbour. America isn't "directly" urging Turkey to attack. It is urging Greece to compel Turkey to attack.