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21. Not true. Oil prices were in the $60's for most of the year -- with two very short exceptions where

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:30 PM

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it went into low to mid $70s -- prior to the war's start. It was $67/barrel the day before (Feb 27) we and Israel bombed Iran to start the war.

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Fucking Blowing Up Nuclear Power Plants Is A War Crime [View all] gab13by13 14 hrs ago OP

The US is no stranger to war crimes leftstreet 14 hrs ago #1

Oh you are 100% correct, gab13by13 13 hrs ago #4

How is it right wing? leftstreet 13 hrs ago #5

If there is no mention in the cut and pasted articles gab13by13 13 hrs ago #7

Well all the mainstream articles are doing it leftstreet 13 hrs ago #8

How about this, gab13by13 13 hrs ago #11

Absolutely leftstreet 12 hrs ago #14

This Emile 12 hrs ago #16

Sad but true maspaha 11 hrs ago #19

100% correct malaise 14 hrs ago #2

Then we need to stop cut and pasting those right wing articles here. gab13by13 13 hrs ago #6

K&R spanone 13 hrs ago #9

I think you're missing the point here Fiendish Thingy 13 hrs ago #10

Except that Krasnov should have known that Iran would shut down Hormuz, gab13by13 12 hrs ago #13

Someone posted oil had dropped to $88/bbl Fiendish Thingy 12 hrs ago #15

Trump taco'd! BannonsLiver 13 hrs ago #12

Don't encourage them orangecrush 11 hrs ago #18

The US has had a lot of practice committing war crimes Farmer-Rick 11 hrs ago #20