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RobotToasterlast Saturday at 7:39 PM3 repliesview on HN

This operation is to secure oil so that an attack on Iran doesn't destabilise oil supplies to the USA and Israel.


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bawolfflast Saturday at 7:58 PM

I feel like OPEC scales up/down production on a whim more than Iran produces.

Unless you mean the potential for a boycott like what happened back in the day. However the geopolitical situation has changed enough that i think that is exceptionally unlikely.

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JumpCrisscrosslast Saturday at 7:47 PM

That’s one hypothesis. Better: it’s to destabilise Cuba so Rubio can deliver to his base.

jrs235last Saturday at 8:37 PM

That thick crude requires refineries to crack it...