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Botany

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Tue Mar 17, 2026, 10:37 PM 5 hrs ago

What do these wars have in common? WW II, Iraq, Venezuela, and Iran.

Oil.

WW II. Japan needed oil which the U.S. had cut off (with good reason) and Germany was driving to reach the USSR’s oil fields in the Caucasus.

Iraq. Dick Cheney had maps of Iraqi oil fields on his desk the winter of 2021.

Venezuela. Lots of oil there and Trump and his big bucks supporter stand to make billions

Iran. All of this shit with Iran started in 1953 when the LEGALY elected P.M. (Mosaddegh) Iran said that the oil under Iranian ground belonged to the people of Iran and it continues to this day with the Strait of
Hormuz.

Do you think it is time to find something else to support our economy besides that planet killing crap?

Btw the fossil fuel industries own the GOP, the media, and lots of democrats too.

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