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BurningFrog 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strik...

Saddam was already selling the oil at fair market rate.

mothballed 8 months ago [–]

I said fair market rate to host bases. Saddam was definitely not leasing us military at fair market rate in Iraq (or Syria for that matter, where Kurds also host US base).

BurningFrog 8 months ago | [–]

I see that now. Sorry for my sloppy reading.

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