Second, the smaller countries draw closer to us, uneasy about the possibility that the Americans will attack them.
The country drew on just part of that to meet its obligations this year.
The country has also drawn about half its $50 billion of financial aid.
But in recent years the country has drawn closer to the United States.
The country drew about 55,000 vacationers last year, compared with about 23,000 in 1982.
Roughly half the country draws its water from underground sources like public and private wells or aquifers.
As a result, the country drew the admiration of many newly-independent states in Africa.
Thus a country like Brazil, which has a quota of $1.5 billion, may draw about $1.3 billion.
This country, one of South America's poorest, draws half its tax revenues from oil exports.
Experts figure that the country drew no more $600 million in hard dollars last year.