• teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    Reuters said Iran said it was taking advantage of market conditions… I wonder what that means exactly.

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      15 hours ago

      It’s really not that complicated, they likely had a contract to move the oil at x price, but with oil prices being artificially inflated to ridiculous levels thanks to Seal Team Trump the sub contractor likely charged someone way more for the product without informing Iran of the change, in hopes of pocketing the extra cash; forgetting the only reason they have a job at all is because Iran allows it.

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        15 hours ago

        Ah thanks that makes sense.

        It could be they unloaded their oil to another tanker, then took on UAE oil too though now that I think about it. Not saying that is it, but Iran just claimed control of the gulf of oman (eat a dick UAE!) after they just hit some oil infrastructure earlier this week, along with two ships the US navy tried to shepard through the straits.

        I fucking told them, for two decades, Iran war was a quagmire, and unwinnable. No one in power cares, they care about money to themselves, which they are getting in spades.