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regnaD kciN

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3. "We didn't occupy a country"...

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 07:52 PM

Jan 2026

…but we’re still going to “run” it until we decide it’s ready, which will be after our charitable energy companies have charitably taken over their oil?

Oh, that’s right. It’s our oil that they “stole” by nationalizing their oil fields that belonged to us. How unjust!

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