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Chemical Bill

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27. They sell oil without using US dollars.

Reply to redgreenandblue (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:36 AM

14 hrs ago

Global oil trade in US dollars is propping up the US economy. We have no manufacturing, and we don't tax billionaires, so our financial structure is weak.

Iraq sold oil using Euros, we invaded. Venezuela sold oil to China in their currency. We invaded. Russia sells oil to China without dollars, but they have nukes. Iran sold oil without using dollars, so it has been only a matter of time.

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I honestly don't get what's so special about Iran. [View all] redgreenandblue 17 hrs ago OP

Iran has been the big bad since Bettie 17 hrs ago #1

Women in Iran are very educated compared to many countries womanofthehills 16 hrs ago #11

What's so special about Iran is that it has 309 million barrels of oil. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #2

This is it exactly. mwmisses4289 17 hrs ago #3

Bingo that's why Blue Full Moon 16 hrs ago #8

Bottom line - I would also add two other elements Cosmocat 15 hrs ago #16

Yep. Trump does nothing unless it benefits him personally. Irish_Dem 15 hrs ago #19

They refused to allow the imperialists to control their malaise 17 hrs ago #4

Iran became "evil" in 1951, when Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil sop 14 hrs ago #26

Well, they have claimed to want to "wipe Israel off the map"... QueerDuck 17 hrs ago #5

Under the deal negotiated by the Obama administration, they were giving up their path to any means of doing so. redgreenandblue 16 hrs ago #10

They were the second Muslim country to recognize Israel Easterncedar 15 hrs ago #23

;-{)..... Goonch 17 hrs ago #6

They fire at all nations ships right now OC375 16 hrs ago #7

They are Shia, descended from Muhammed. cachukis 16 hrs ago #9

Trump is jealous. Iran's dictatorship rules with an iron fist Martin Eden 16 hrs ago #12

You mean the land formerly known as Persia? You're right. Nothing special about it. Intractable 15 hrs ago #13

Trump: "It is the greatest killing of a Persian leader since Alexander killed Darius and took his rugs" dalton99a 14 hrs ago #30

They also fund terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas EdmondDantes_ 15 hrs ago #14

It is a head scratcher, I agree. mysteryowl 15 hrs ago #15

They have been attacking us through proxies since 1979. We cannot pretend that... Ol Janx Spirit 15 hrs ago #24

I'm just saying that if we are under attack for 40 years mysteryowl 14 hrs ago #28

I suppose that they should have just allowed the US and UK to control their country to steal their oil then? ihaveaquestion 13 hrs ago #36

They have every right to feel resentment towards America and the west, but that doesn't justify... Ol Janx Spirit 9 hrs ago #46

Saudi Arabia? displacedvermoter 13 hrs ago #37

Saudi has been cracking down on extremism Melon 13 hrs ago #39

Ok displacedvermoter 13 hrs ago #40

The 9/11 Commission found no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior officials... Ol Janx Spirit 9 hrs ago #47

We live under a dictatorship..... Hope22 15 hrs ago #17

"You're foolin' yourself! We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working class... Ray Bruns 15 hrs ago #20

China has made huge investments in Iran randr 15 hrs ago #18

They have oil and they defied us Easterncedar 15 hrs ago #21

Just the truth malaise 12 hrs ago #42

It's not that they are a dictatorship. It's that they are a terrorist state. Melon 15 hrs ago #22

"Iran has been developing nuclear weapons and hiding production." redgreenandblue 14 hrs ago #35

Saudi Arabia displacedvermoter 13 hrs ago #38

Not one effin country on this planet should have nuclear weapons malaise 12 hrs ago #41

Agreed....but here we are. Melon 12 hrs ago #43

OIL jonstl08 14 hrs ago #25

They sell oil without using US dollars. Chemical Bill 14 hrs ago #27

The thing about Iran is that Trump is in the Epstein files more than 1,000,000 times Blues Heron 14 hrs ago #29

The lesson the US seems to be teaching all countries is "get nukes" David__77 14 hrs ago #31

Or American hostages. dalton99a 14 hrs ago #32

They weaken KSA hegemony on oil price. JCMach1 14 hrs ago #33

We need a military base there. 617Blue 14 hrs ago #34

They took Jimmy Carter's second term from him. gulliver 11 hrs ago #44

Iran is the biggest regional power GreatGazoo 10 hrs ago #45