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jonstl08

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25. OIL

Reply to redgreenandblue (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:30 AM

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The administration can say all they want about human rights and etc but it all comes down to like most conflicts now. It is about Oil. Look at what this administration has done. Venezuela has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. They bombed Nigeria with their statement of protecting christians but that country has one of the largest oil reserves in Africa.

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I honestly don't get what's so special about Iran. [View all] redgreenandblue Yesterday OP

Iran has been the big bad since Bettie Yesterday #1

Women in Iran are very educated compared to many countries womanofthehills Yesterday #11

What's so special about Iran is that it has 309 million barrels of oil. Irish_Dem Yesterday #2

This is it exactly. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #3

Bingo that's why Blue Full Moon Yesterday #8

Bottom line - I would also add two other elements Cosmocat Yesterday #16

Yep. Trump does nothing unless it benefits him personally. Irish_Dem Yesterday #19

They refused to allow the imperialists to control their malaise Yesterday #4

Iran became "evil" in 1951, when Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil sop Yesterday #26

Well, they have claimed to want to "wipe Israel off the map"... QueerDuck Yesterday #5

Under the deal negotiated by the Obama administration, they were giving up their path to any means of doing so. redgreenandblue Yesterday #10

They were the second Muslim country to recognize Israel Easterncedar Yesterday #23

;-{)..... Goonch Yesterday #6

They fire at all nations ships right now OC375 Yesterday #7

They are Shia, descended from Muhammed. cachukis Yesterday #9

Trump is jealous. Iran's dictatorship rules with an iron fist Martin Eden Yesterday #12

You mean the land formerly known as Persia? You're right. Nothing special about it. Intractable Yesterday #13

Trump: "It is the greatest killing of a Persian leader since Alexander killed Darius and took his rugs" dalton99a Yesterday #30

They also fund terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #14

It is a head scratcher, I agree. mysteryowl Yesterday #15

They have been attacking us through proxies since 1979. We cannot pretend that... Ol Janx Spirit Yesterday #24

I'm just saying that if we are under attack for 40 years mysteryowl Yesterday #28

I suppose that they should have just allowed the US and UK to control their country to steal their oil then? ihaveaquestion Yesterday #36

They have every right to feel resentment towards America and the west, but that doesn't justify... Ol Janx Spirit Yesterday #46

Saudi Arabia? displacedvermoter Yesterday #37

Saudi has been cracking down on extremism Melon Yesterday #39

Ok displacedvermoter Yesterday #40

The 9/11 Commission found no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior officials... Ol Janx Spirit Yesterday #47

We live under a dictatorship..... Hope22 Yesterday #17

"You're foolin' yourself! We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working class... Ray Bruns Yesterday #20

China has made huge investments in Iran randr Yesterday #18

They have oil and they defied us Easterncedar Yesterday #21

Just the truth malaise Yesterday #42

It's not that they are a dictatorship. It's that they are a terrorist state. Melon Yesterday #22

"Iran has been developing nuclear weapons and hiding production." redgreenandblue Yesterday #35

Saudi Arabia displacedvermoter Yesterday #38

Not one effin country on this planet should have nuclear weapons malaise Yesterday #41

Agreed....but here we are. Melon Yesterday #43

OIL jonstl08 Yesterday #25

They sell oil without using US dollars. Chemical Bill Yesterday #27

The thing about Iran is that Trump is in the Epstein files more than 1,000,000 times Blues Heron Yesterday #29

The lesson the US seems to be teaching all countries is "get nukes" David__77 Yesterday #31

Or American hostages. dalton99a Yesterday #32

They weaken KSA hegemony on oil price. JCMach1 Yesterday #33

We need a military base there. 617Blue Yesterday #34

They took Jimmy Carter's second term from him. gulliver Yesterday #44

Iran is the biggest regional power GreatGazoo Yesterday #45