Question

Why did President Reagan persuade the Saudi Arabians to lower the price of oil?

to make it almost impossible for the Iraqi government to bring any oil to market


to persuade OPEC to increase the price of their oil to further increase market instability


to further hurt a struggling Soviet Union economy because oil exports were their main source of income


to increase the value of American oil on the international market

Answer 1

C. To further hurt a struggling Soviet Union economy because oil exports were their main source of income.

Answer 2

to further hurt a struggling Soviet Union economy because oil exports were their main source of income
historians widely believes that the Reagan administration used oil to hurt the soviet economy, which was already struggling,noting that Russia is one of the largest exporter of oil and gas.