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Uncle Joe

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Tue Apr 28, 2026, 12:26 PM Yesterday

A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control the World's Oil Trade



We speak with economist Michael Hudson, who details how President Trump opted to attack Iran despite progress at indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations. "The whole reason that America has attacked Iran has nothing to do with its getting an atom bomb," but instead the aim was U.S. control of oil, says Hudson. The Trump administration may have been after the ability to "turn off the power" to countries that don't follow U.S. foreign policy, he says.
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A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control the World's Oil Trade (Original Post) Uncle Joe Yesterday OP
We started with Venezuela which has the worlds largest oil reserves...The problem is it's thick sour oil mitch96 Yesterday #1
Yet ANOTHER war for oil... 2naSalit Yesterday #2

mitch96

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1. We started with Venezuela which has the worlds largest oil reserves...The problem is it's thick sour oil
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:06 PM
Yesterday

as opposed to light sweet crude which gas is made from. It just so happens US Gulf states just so happen to have refineries to process that thick oil...
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