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Trump at CIA: Should Have Taken Iraq's Oil - "Maybe We'll Have Another Chance" - WTF does he mean ? (Original Post) factfinder_77 Jan 2017 OP
He's cracked. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #1
He wants war. AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #2
He wants to play Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #3
He is criminally insane...nt GReedDiamond Jan 2017 #4
Needs oil prices to go back up. joshcryer Jan 2017 #5
Fuck - this is the headline that Spicer was sent out to bury muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #6
Great catch on that connection! GliderGuider Jan 2017 #15
+1, 90% of what MiniPoots admin is going to do is distract the M$M and the M$M plays right into it uponit7771 Jan 2017 #16
The ravings of an ignorant fuckwit BSdetect Jan 2017 #7
It means he's going to send your kids to fight Thrill Jan 2017 #8
U.S. soldiers dying for ExxonMobil. dalton99a Jan 2017 #9
This asshat will have us in a phony War faster than Dubya.... Bengus81 Jan 2017 #10
words matter - I think he is going to learn this the hard way DrDan Jan 2017 #11
Talk to your buddy Rex Tillerson about that, you moron. Paladin Jan 2017 #12
he is the worst, most unstable creature ever installed in the presidency Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #13
he also repeated the lie that he was against the Iraq war Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #14
Any connection to putting Exxon in charge of the State Department Ruby the Liberal Jan 2017 #17

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
5. Needs oil prices to go back up.
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 07:13 AM
Jan 2017

Only way that happens is if the Saudi's oil gets affected somehow.

We're going to invade the Saudi's.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,358 posts)
6. Fuck - this is the headline that Spicer was sent out to bury
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 08:01 AM
Jan 2017

Thank you for posting it.

Trump, on his first day as president, wonders if he should send the US military to loot Iraq and steal its oil.

 

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)
15. Great catch on that connection!
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 02:22 PM
Jan 2017

It makes complete sense that if a press secretary tells an immediately obvious lie - one that will instantly suck up all the air in the room - that it's in the service of deflecting attention from something far more important.

BSdetect

(8,999 posts)
7. The ravings of an ignorant fuckwit
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 09:50 AM
Jan 2017

He knows nothing about international relations. Nothing.

No reading for him. No bank of knowledge, so little intelligence and no wisdom.

A delusional maniac.

No person should ever agree to serve in any war this fool starts. Nobody.

Thrill

(19,178 posts)
8. It means he's going to send your kids to fight
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 09:53 AM
Jan 2017

For some bullshit. While his kids bath in their gold tubs.

Bengus81

(6,932 posts)
10. This asshat will have us in a phony War faster than Dubya....
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 09:56 AM
Jan 2017

Doesn't have to be Iraq,could be anywhere. My counter started the second he took the oath. My guess it won't be counting very long.


https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20170120T11&p0=403&msg=Time+taken+for+Trump+to+start+a+War&ud=1&font=sanserif

Paladin

(28,271 posts)
12. Talk to your buddy Rex Tillerson about that, you moron.
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 10:07 AM
Jan 2017

The CEO of Exxon-Mobil will explain to you that you don't just storm-troop into a nation and "take" its oil, like a plundering pirate. It's all done with complex production-sharing contracts, with the country subject to exploration activity getting a healthy portion of the production revenues. That's how it's been done for decades.

But if you want to start another war with Iraq, be my guest. Anything to make your reign shorter.

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