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Originally posted by assilem
It's their oil in the first place. I think it is only fair enough. Like you said, it pays to be occupied. Now if it stayed like this forever I would be more than a little miffed.
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"Although Iraq is a major petroleum producer, the country has little capacity to refine its own gasoline. So the U.S. government pays about $1.50 a gallon to buy fuel in neighboring countries and deliver it to Iraqi stations."
It isn't their oil that they're getting.