Monday, October 9, 2023

Iran is currently exporting ~3.15 million barrels of oil/day. Let's say they're sold at ~$80/barrel. That means is takes about three weeks for Iran to get $6 billion in oil revenue. Yet, I hear no concern about the world's oil dependence as contributing to arming Hamas

Where did the $6 billion come from? Not from U.S. taxpayers! It is oil revenue frozen in South Korean banks. Again. Oil. That is the primary source funding Iran and other countries that are U.S. adversaries

Yet another case of where media framing matters. Republicans quickly denounced Biden's release of the $6 billion (none of which has been spent) not only because it paints Biden in a bad light, but also because it shifts attention away from Big Oil who are Big Republican Donors

No comments:

Post a Comment