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US military convoy stealing oil
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: vNex92
A comment from your source:
"Something doesn't add up here. Assuming a 10 year period for the steal, it equates to USD 10.5 bn per year, or USD 875 million per month, consistently. Further assuming an average price of USD 70 per barrel, the quantity stolen comes to USD 12.5 million bbl/month or around 420,000/day. That is 6 times the quantity reported here. In other words: either they steal 6 times as much, or the value of the theft isn't USD 105 bn, but more in the USD 17 bn range.
To get 420,000 barrels across the border, they need 1500 trucks each carrying 40 tonnes, every day. That is 1 truck every minute non-stop 24 hours. Where is this procession of trucks being observed? It would have to be clearly visible on satellite images."
Got anything to say about that?
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: Ksihkehe
But the OP claimed Washington was stealing it?
And when his argument was shot full of holes, he ran away?
But the OP claimed Washington was stealing it?
Similar to how Russia lets its convicts out of jail to rape and pillage Ukraine for fighting in its failing land grab attempts
The great thing is you've gone so far that even the dullest sheep are waking up
the US probably knows full well and is allowing it to keep Turkey sweet and geopolitical at odds with Russia who is doing the same to Syria as payment for protection against the FSA
Turkey