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moniss

(8,950 posts)
19. Yes and just like with Venezuela it
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:20 PM
17 hrs ago

isn't so much the fascists need the oil it's more a matter of reworking existing production contracts to cut themselves in for propped up "services companies etc." and to get the production contracts reworked so the subject country gets a lower royalty percentage and the oil companies a higher percentage. The Western nations have done this over and over by propping up this militia or that to do an overthrow.

Sadly along with the oil "business" comes a lot of dead bodies, including children, they push aside as an "unfortunate" circumstance. Obviously also is that every move that the GQP and Crumb the 1st have made is to dismantle conservation efforts such as mpg requirements and green energy which of course means increased consumption/sales/revenue for the oil companies.

But climate change continues to accelerate and the negative effects are mounting rapidly and there will be no place to run and hide.

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Why after all that has been done to the Kurds and broken promises by US - would the Kurds Pachamama 22 hrs ago #1
Exactly my first thought. IQ45 completely hung them out to dry vs. Turkey and probably burned that bridge AZJonnie 22 hrs ago #4
Trmp abandoned the Kurds on the battlefield last time. I doubt they'll be eager allies after that. nt eppur_se_muova 22 hrs ago #2
Jeepers, sounds like just what they did with the Jan 6th insurrectionists. bluestarone 22 hrs ago #3
I'm sure this will thrill Turkey. NT Gore1FL 22 hrs ago #5
Once again, arm another group to fight proxy wars and sow hatred among groups. erronis 22 hrs ago #6
Sounds like a grand idea! Bayard 22 hrs ago #7
Kurds know who they are dealing with Bluestocking 22 hrs ago #8
What a fustercluck! greatauntoftriplets 21 hrs ago #9
Some Kurds want their own country bmichaelh 21 hrs ago #10
Didn't Bush the first screw them over in the 80s? BidenRocks 21 hrs ago #11
Yep, GW betrayed the Iraqi Kurds... Spazito 18 hrs ago #18
What about Alberta? usonian 20 hrs ago #12
Isn't there a law against the CIA being involved Bev54 20 hrs ago #13
These are the same Kurds that we abandoned after the Iraqi war, right? In my opinion the biggest betrayal of an...... FadedMullet 19 hrs ago #14
That wasn't the embassy. BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #17
This sort of thing has been the M.O. of the West for moniss 19 hrs ago #15
The irony of today in this era, is that the U.S. is the LARGEST oil producer IN THE WORLD BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #16
Yes and just like with Venezuela it moniss 17 hrs ago #19
But there is another reason and it's not the "oil barons" who aren't really interested at the moment BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #23
The CIA has a terrible history with IRAN thought crime 17 hrs ago #20
Yes, especially Operation Ajax, the 1953 CIA coup of the legitimately elected PM, Mohammad Mosaddegh and strengthening Celerity 12 hrs ago #21
How do we plan to fuck these people over this time? LoveSucky 8 hrs ago #22
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