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hadEnuf

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36. Not the same thing, but meant broadly to show the lies of claiming something as "ours" in order to go in
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:31 PM
Dec 18

and steal land and resources.

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WTF is he even talking about? And when did he learn the word "armada"? niyad Dec 18 #1
"Not that long ago" e.g. in 2001 Hugo Chavez changed a bunch of rules about foreign involvement in the industry AZJonnie Dec 18 #2
Thank you. I was wondering how they had "our oil". JohnnyRingo Dec 18 #19
Our oil keeps slipping out from underneath our country. Self-deporting. travelingthrulife Dec 18 #23
This also follows the pattern of moniss Dec 18 #35
Wasn't that the real reason that Shrub said that no_hypocrisy Dec 18 #3
That's it exactly, and why we are friends with the brutal tyranny in Saudi Arabia Walleye Dec 18 #9
Yup. And Trump was barking loudly at the time that we should steal their oil to pay for travelingthrulife Dec 18 #24
NO BLOOD FOR OIL Martin Eden Dec 18 #39
How the hell did your country truthisfreedom Dec 18 #4
Damn Venezuela moved their entire country on top of US oil. Irish_Dem Dec 18 #6
The oil self-deports. Trying to slide away from the greed bags in the oil industry. travelingthrulife Dec 18 #25
ICE will kidnap the oil and throw it into the Trump Crime Syndicate pockets. Irish_Dem Dec 18 #29
All the diamonds in Antwerp Belgium are MINE. I want them back. Irish_Dem Dec 18 #5
Don't give him ideas! COL Mustard Dec 18 #7
Col honey, try to keep up. Trump and Musk visited Ft Knox first thing he was in office. Irish_Dem Dec 18 #10
But TSF and Musk walked away from Ft Knox disappointed. LastDemocratInSC Dec 18 #13
Our oil? Who is he, including in that because it doesn't belong to me Walleye Dec 18 #8
So where's the contractual evidence of all these Venezuelan "energy rights"? Paladin Dec 18 #11
The oil companies were kicked out when the oil was nationalized. They were offered a deal travelingthrulife Dec 18 #26
Let's see how trump's popularity (what's left of it) holds up... Paladin Dec 18 #31
They are with the documents showing Trump owns Canada and Greenland too. Irish_Dem Dec 18 #30
He'd launch a fucking NUKE if it kept people off the Epstein files for a day or so Bengus81 Dec 18 #12
The psychopath wants to sit in front of screen and tell himself...............looky I am getting people killed......... turbinetree Dec 18 #14
Using TSF.ucker's logic........ KS Toronado Dec 18 #15
Using this analogy, the chronology would have to be like this: FakeNoose Dec 18 #20
Yea, that sums it up better! KS Toronado Dec 18 #22
The oil companies practically own the Republican Party Mr. Sparkle Dec 18 #16
Oil companies also control the content on Faux News. Dr. T Dec 18 #18
Yeah, and what was the Sudetenland doing sitting on top of German land in 1938? hadEnuf Dec 18 #17
This isn't quite the same thing ... FakeNoose Dec 18 #21
Not the same thing, but meant broadly to show the lies of claiming something as "ours" in order to go in hadEnuf Dec 18 #36
You'd think a real estate mogul would understand the concept of "property rights"? Turbineguy Dec 18 #27
He doesn't understand anything at all Keepthesoulalive Dec 18 #28
My car used up all the fuel I put in it. milestogo Dec 18 #32
The logic Cirsium Dec 18 #33
"US companies built some infrastructure so therefore we own the oil?" BumRushDaShow Dec 18 #34
The U.S built the original canal and locks PJMcK Dec 22 #41
And then came the drought! BumRushDaShow Dec 22 #42
Like a little kid who sees something he likes and screams "That's mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 18 #37
We invested our tax dollars into this country NOT GRIFTERS. We WANT our money back! chowder66 Dec 18 #38
Iran was a democracy when it nationalized its oil in 1953 Martin Eden Dec 18 #40
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