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artemisia1

(1,908 posts) Sat Sep 27, 2025, 05:29 PM Sep 2025

It's about Freedom; the oil is just a coincidence

The Trump Administration is determined to have themselves a war. Instead of WMD, it is now "drugs". The fact that both Iraq and Venezuela have massive oil deposits is just one of those "coincidences". Right?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna233734

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It's about Freedom; the oil is just a coincidence (Original Post) artemisia1 Sep 2025 OP

You mean bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 #1

Venezuela's oil industry was nationalized in 1976 after decades of being controlled by foreign oil interests. sop Sep 2025 #2

bucolic_frolic

(55,840 posts)

1. You mean

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Sat Sep 27, 2025, 05:41 PM

Sep 2025

like it was in Vietnam?

sop

(19,330 posts)

2. Venezuela's oil industry was nationalized in 1976 after decades of being controlled by foreign oil interests.

Reply to artemisia1 (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 05:58 PM

Sep 2025

Since then it's been an ongoing battle between Venezuela and these foreign interests for control of their oil reserves and the profits. The conflict worsened when Chavez (and later Maduro) came to power. Now Trump and his Big Oil backers would love nothing more than a return to the good old days.

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