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moniss

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15. This sort of thing has been the M.O. of the West for

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:49 PM

21 hrs ago

over 100 years in the Middle East. It will come as no surprise that the overtures to this group have been ongoing for at least a year or more. Making the overtures, making the promises, developing the plans etc. didn't just happen. Overthrow this one, overthrow that one and then overthrow the ones you propped up to do the first and second overthrows.

It's always been about oil and having puppets. The Western powers carving people and oil up for themselves.

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That wasn't the embassy. BidenRocks 21 hrs ago #17

This sort of thing has been the M.O. of the West for moniss 21 hrs ago #15

The irony of today in this era, is that the U.S. is the LARGEST oil producer IN THE WORLD BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago #16

Yes and just like with Venezuela it moniss 20 hrs ago #19

But there is another reason and it's not the "oil barons" who aren't really interested at the moment BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #23

The CIA has a terrible history with IRAN thought crime 19 hrs ago #20

Yes, especially Operation Ajax, the 1953 CIA coup of the legitimately elected PM, Mohammad Mosaddegh and strengthening Celerity 14 hrs ago #21

How do we plan to fuck these people over this time? LoveSucky 10 hrs ago #22