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In 2000, Saddam Hussein did something very few people paid attention to.
He announced Iraq would start selling oil in euros, not U.S. dollars.
Three years later, the United States invaded Iraq.
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"Your thread hits on a real pattern—petrodollar politics are absolutely a thing, but Iraq was also a geopolitical play beyond currency. That said, the dollar’s dominance isn’t unshakable. I was reading about how BRICS expansion and dedollarization could accelerate the shift. Timeline here is speculative but worth weighing:
https://theboard.world/articles/us-dollar-collapse-timeline-reserve-currency-2026-2035" (280 chars with URL)