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Comment by BurningFrog

6 days ago

Saddam was already selling the oil at fair market rate.

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mothballed  6 days 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  4 days ago

    I see that now. Sorry for my sloppy reading.

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