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3. Saudi Arabia and Russia want this war.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:21 AM

Yesterday

They needed Trump to start this war and they needed Trump to stop the green revolution so that oil will remain essential to the world's economy.

Another thing oil makes is plastic. Microplastics are everywhere now - in our brains, in the oceans, in mother's milk - but RFK, Jr. never mentions plastics while he's casting around looking for something to blame.

Under DOGE, scientists investigating the role of plastics in many diseases were defunded.

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