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Hestia

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28. In the Shock Doctrine, there is a chapter about how SA hogtied * into stopping Iraq from pumping
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 07:31 PM
Jun 2022

their oil and putting it on the market, hence, the Iraq FU. Iraq has 4 times the oil in ground as SA, but because SA is OPEC, Iraq is only allowed to pump so much per day (2M barrels? Something like that.)

If/When Iraq would actually be allowed to access their oil, like other countries, the price of oil would drop dramatically.

Oh yeah, did you know Ukraine has oil/gas fields of their own (again, like 4 times greater than what Russia has) in Eastern Ukraine and, funnily enough, that is the area that Russia wants as their own.

As always, follow the money...

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Fuck that shit. n/t Coventina Jun 2022 #1
I concur... bahboo Jun 2022 #14
There is no place for the Saudi head choppers, not if we are to be a free Democracy. Magoo48 Jun 2022 #18
Kiss your drug dealer's ass Fullduplexxx Jun 2022 #2
I think the proper term is cilla4progress Jun 2022 #3
I was about to post the same thing. Ray Bruns Jun 2022 #6
Yep, sucks. The Unmitigated Gall Jun 2022 #11
So 9/11 is forgiven too? ZonkerHarris Jun 2022 #4
Saudi accountability Pantagruel Jun 2022 #7
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Yes andricv Jun 2022 #8
There is that ZonkerHarris Jun 2022 #10
Right? Traildogbob Jun 2022 #12
Once again, money and politics trump human decency packman Jun 2022 #5
What's really going on: no_hypocrisy Jun 2022 #9
making deals with the devil, sell our soul for cheaper oil. nt yaesu Jun 2022 #13
They could saw up a 100 journalists and we'd still kiss the ring inwiththenew Jun 2022 #15
Our dependency isn't liable to let up any time soon. LudwigPastorius Jun 2022 #32
Sickening. n/t demmiblue Jun 2022 #16
"Just don't do it again, please". maxsolomon Jun 2022 #17
Let's be clear TiberiusB Jun 2022 #19
The US designates four countries as sponsors of state terrorism and one is Iran ripcord Jun 2022 #33
It wouldn't exactly be a lesser evil situation TiberiusB Jun 2022 #34
What's a little dismemberment between friends? Voltaire2 Jun 2022 #20
I give up. You either support or oppose evil. You don't "re-set." Evolve Dammit Jun 2022 #21
Good EX500rider Jun 2022 #22
Yes , this is the reality we face. JI7 Jun 2022 #31
"Shut up if you want the oil" dalton99a Jun 2022 #23
I hope this doesn't hurt Biden in the long-run. BigmanPigman Jun 2022 #24
This wouldn't hurt him at all. What would hurt him is how people feel JI7 Jun 2022 #30
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Only stevekatz Jun 2022 #27
In the Shock Doctrine, there is a chapter about how SA hogtied * into stopping Iraq from pumping Hestia Jun 2022 #28
Get ready for that motherfucker Putin to get welcomed back into "polite society". bullwinkle428 Jun 2022 #29
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