U.S. Oil Industry Earned over $130B in Profit During Iran War

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43 points·ceejayoz··6 comments

Oil, Shipping, trading made billions during this.

I want to point out from experience that these are all official profits. In the coming years you'll find out from books, reporting, and documentaries all the shadow black money billions that were made that no even realizes now.

So many Marc Rich type characters to be uncovered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Oil

Nothing will change, except for the whistleblowers who will be killed.

I understand the cynicism and… well, I agree.

Hopefully, Europe has learned something and our energy dependency and trade policy changes a little bit.

Hopefully, US voters are now a little more careful with the choices they make.

Not to be too Eurocentric, but we didn’t need a 2nd energy crisis in 4 years, this time caused not by Evil Russia but our old, trusted ally.

That’s what he wanted.

But that’s not the only reason he started that war. He also wanted to force the US military to expend all of their munitions, so that they would be forced to buy new ones from his other bestest buddies.

I wonder how much they are paying him for all these free profits?

Who picked up the dinner tab for "gathering of the petrogarchs" at Mar A Lago in 2023 though?

petrogarch: member of a small group that controls the petroleum industry, and hence has power over lives and governments similar to the powers of an oligarch.

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