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Great. Azerbaijan will do as we want. That's gotta be worth at least $50 to GDP, right?

I'm being snarky, but what is that X-factor actually worth? And should we then factor in all the people who will hate the USA and do their damnedest to maim & kill Americans?

I don't have numbers, but this doesn't seem like a winning argument.

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Have you read Confessions of an Economic Hit Man? Look, they have the money figured out, they're not likely to do something unless they feel they're going to get ROI, and I don't mean ROI for you and me, no no no no. You and I are just on the hook for paying for the welfare checks delivered to these corporations.

Libya was toppled because Libya was key to keeping the West out of Africa, since Gaddafi fell, Western bases can't be built in Africa fast enough. Also, since the fall of Libya the people still haven't had their water works restored, oh but magically the West have graciously given the Libyan people the World Bank and other globalist institutions.

Also, maimed westerners == propaganda material and job security. How have you not figured this out yet?

You don't have the numbers, because your TV ain't gonna tell you them.

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