• kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    They’ve been trying to do that to their region for my entire lifetime.

      • SCB@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        It’s so weird to me that people still think the Iraq War was about oil lol

        That argument didn’t have legs to stand on in 2002 and it sure as shit wasn’t helped by the passage of time.

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          1 year ago

          Oil factored in, but a large part of the driver was war profiteering, and then the boundless opportunities after war.

          And feeding the military complex in general.

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