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Saudi Arabia has the most profitable oil reserves on the planet. Most of the Al-Qaeda members came from Saudi Arabia. Suppose the U.S doesn't waste tax payer dollars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. Instead, the U.S occupies Saudi Arabia, and oil never goes above $30 a barrel. Note, otl Saudi Arabia can profitably sell oil for as low as $18 a barrel.

Countries like Libya, Syria, and Yemen are largely ignored atl. The U.S takes little interest in countries other than Saudi Arabia. Maybe some weapons are sold to other countries, but that's it. In this time line, relations are better with Iran and Venezuela.

The most profitable company in the world, Saudi Aramco could still exist in this timeline, but they're less profitable than Exxon and Chevron. Depending on the PoD, Amoco (the successor to Standard Oil) still exists in this timeline. Tesla doesn't exist. Depending on the PoD, Toyota never builds the Prius.

More people travel by highway. More people enjoy the outdoors. Tech companies are much smaller. IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle are the biggest tech companies. Banks are never too big to fail. Less immigrants are deported and imprisoned. The population of the U.S is higher.
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