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August 22, 2011

QOTD

"Oil is that commodity which America is supposedly always going to war for but which mysteriously winds up in the possession of someone else." -- Belmont Club サ The Day of the Jackal

Posted by Vanderleun at August 22, 2011 5:53 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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How right Richard Fernandez is, and how I wish we would demand oil and strategic minerals (the huge recent Afghan finds) in exchange for our expended blood and treasure. Nothing says "stupid wars" better than not getting tangible benefits in return.

Posted by: Don Rodrigo at August 23, 2011 10:39 AM

So true. So sad.

Posted by: Fat Man at August 23, 2011 6:38 PM

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