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ORIGINAL: tj444

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ORIGINAL: thompsonx

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and does the US really want to pay for oil it imports from places like Saudi Arabia, dictatorships like Equatorial Guinea and various others where the money is stolen by those in power, and by extention supporting dictators that violate human rights?..

Since when has the u.s. had any qualms about whom it buys oil from?

yeah, I know.. (TJ adds that to her list as another reason why she would never become an American citizen)..

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Yeah, we even indirectly pay for Iranian oil, which funded some of the IED's used against Americans in Iraq. Actually, some of those IED's were funded by Saudis too...