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jonstl08

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25. OIL

Reply to redgreenandblue (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:30 AM

6 hrs ago

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 9 hrs ago OP

Iran has been the big bad since Bettie 9 hrs ago #1

Women in Iran are very educated compared to many countries womanofthehills 8 hrs ago #11

What's so special about Iran is that it has 309 million barrels of oil. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #2

This is it exactly. mwmisses4289 9 hrs ago #3

Bingo that's why Blue Full Moon 8 hrs ago #8

Bottom line - I would also add two other elements Cosmocat 7 hrs ago #16

Yep. Trump does nothing unless it benefits him personally. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #19

They refused to allow the imperialists to control their malaise 9 hrs ago #4

Iran became "evil" in 1951, when Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil sop 6 hrs ago #26

Well, they have claimed to want to "wipe Israel off the map"... QueerDuck 9 hrs ago #5

Under the deal negotiated by the Obama administration, they were giving up their path to any means of doing so. redgreenandblue 8 hrs ago #10

They were the second Muslim country to recognize Israel Easterncedar 7 hrs ago #23

;-{)..... Goonch 8 hrs ago #6

They fire at all nations ships right now OC375 8 hrs ago #7

They are Shia, descended from Muhammed. cachukis 8 hrs ago #9

Trump is jealous. Iran's dictatorship rules with an iron fist Martin Eden 7 hrs ago #12

You mean the land formerly known as Persia? You're right. Nothing special about it. Intractable 7 hrs ago #13

Trump: "It is the greatest killing of a Persian leader since Alexander killed Darius and took his rugs" dalton99a 6 hrs ago #30

They also fund terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas EdmondDantes_ 7 hrs ago #14

It is a head scratcher, I agree. mysteryowl 7 hrs ago #15

They have been attacking us through proxies since 1979. We cannot pretend that... Ol Janx Spirit 6 hrs ago #24

I'm just saying that if we are under attack for 40 years mysteryowl 6 hrs ago #28

I suppose that they should have just allowed the US and UK to control their country to steal their oil then? ihaveaquestion 5 hrs ago #36

They have every right to feel resentment towards America and the west, but that doesn't justify... Ol Janx Spirit 1 hr ago #46

Saudi Arabia? displacedvermoter 5 hrs ago #37

Saudi has been cracking down on extremism Melon 5 hrs ago #39

Ok displacedvermoter 5 hrs ago #40

The 9/11 Commission found no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior officials... Ol Janx Spirit 1 hr ago #47

We live under a dictatorship..... Hope22 7 hrs ago #17

"You're foolin' yourself! We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working class... Ray Bruns 7 hrs ago #20

China has made huge investments in Iran randr 7 hrs ago #18

They have oil and they defied us Easterncedar 7 hrs ago #21

Just the truth malaise 4 hrs ago #42

It's not that they are a dictatorship. It's that they are a terrorist state. Melon 7 hrs ago #22

"Iran has been developing nuclear weapons and hiding production." redgreenandblue 6 hrs ago #35

Saudi Arabia displacedvermoter 5 hrs ago #38

Not one effin country on this planet should have nuclear weapons malaise 4 hrs ago #41

Agreed....but here we are. Melon 4 hrs ago #43

OIL jonstl08 6 hrs ago #25

They sell oil without using US dollars. Chemical Bill 6 hrs ago #27

The thing about Iran is that Trump is in the Epstein files more than 1,000,000 times Blues Heron 6 hrs ago #29

The lesson the US seems to be teaching all countries is "get nukes" David__77 6 hrs ago #31

Or American hostages. dalton99a 6 hrs ago #32

They weaken KSA hegemony on oil price. JCMach1 6 hrs ago #33

We need a military base there. 617Blue 6 hrs ago #34

They took Jimmy Carter's second term from him. gulliver 3 hrs ago #44

Iran is the biggest regional power GreatGazoo 2 hrs ago #45