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House of Roberts

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1. It was OPEC (mainly the Saudis) dropping the price of oil in the mid 80s

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 05:07 PM

Apr 10

that finally bankrupted the Soviet Union all right. They did it to help the Mujahideen to expel the Soviet forces from Afghanistan. It took a while, but it worked then. Hope it can work now. Maybe Putin's credit card can go over limit and he'll run out of money the same way.

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It was OPEC (mainly the Saudis) dropping the price of oil in the mid 80s House of Roberts Apr 10 #1