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[–] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

because Venezuelan oil is basically garbage.

Yet 70% of American refineries are optimized for (Venezuelas) sour crude being able to have a higher profit margin as it's not attractive for other refineries and are able to buy at lower prices or even steal as we saw

but after Iran Contra and a few other scandals, the CIA mostly pulled back

And other fairy tales one tells gullible children going to bed, when we know that the MIC and security appratus got a fuckton of money at their disposal since then