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Ranting Randy

(408 posts) Mon Jan 5, 2026, 11:16 AM Jan 5

Q Why didn't oil prices spike over the United States' invasion and "take over" of Venezuela and the kidnapping... [View all]

Q) Why didn’t oil prices spike over the United States' invasion and “take over” of Venezuela and the kidnapping of their President?

A) To misquote Lieutenant Worf from Star Trek the Next Generation: “Capitalism in general and the oil industry in specific have no honor”

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Q Why didn't oil prices spike over the United States' invasion and "take over" of Venezuela and the kidnapping... [View all] Ranting Randy Jan 5 OP

They have a large reserve Johonny Jan 5 #1

We were in a glut even before Trump seized the oil assets of another oil producing country. BannonsLiver Jan 5 #2

Venezuela's oil industry has been in decay for two decades Amishman Jan 5 #3

So maybe it's more about Trump's insane need to be a war president... ananda Jan 5 #4

Venezuela's Oil Production Is Quite Small Right Now MineralMan Jan 5 #5

Venezuela is only Greg_In_SF Jan 5 #6

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