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6. They are targets of our aggression because we want control of the oil

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 04:32 PM

Dec 2015

they don't have nice, cozy, compliant regimes like the Saudis do, despite our best efforts to install same (the Shah, the overthrow of Saddam, etc.)

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Why didn't we do something about it after Nineleven(TM)? KamaAina Dec 2015 #1

Iraqis and Iranians have the other half of the oil in the middle east betterdemsonly Dec 2015 #4

They are targets of our aggression because we want control of the oil KamaAina Dec 2015 #6

Since the Saudis are using their oil money to fund terror, why betterdemsonly Dec 2015 #7

Because it is the 'home' of Islam Matrosov Dec 2015 #9

I am guessing we wouldn't be disrespectful to Mecca and Medina as the betterdemsonly Dec 2015 #11

Less about oil and more about the petro-dollar. Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 #14

Any good links? n/t betterdemsonly Dec 2015 #15

Just google petro dollar and alternative currencies like gold dinar. Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 #16

Yep. hifiguy Dec 2015 #5

I don't know about the worst..There's always North Korea. white_wolf Dec 2015 #13

At least you can get drunk in NK hifiguy Dec 2015 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author betterdemsonly Dec 2015 #3

Black gold > fighting terror Matrosov Dec 2015 #8

Too many dem insiders romanticize the "Charilie Wilson's War" mythology betterdemsonly Dec 2015 #10

What makes you say that? nt B2G Dec 2015 #12