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Old 02-17-2022, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Homer View Post
Wow, that’s a good bit of Caribbean production knocked out! I know Trinidad and Tobago is commonwealth, but is it a combatant when attacked? That’ll potentially widen the war as other uncommitted countries look at their own vulnerable resources.
Possibly so! I guess the Soviets figured that if they were selling petroleum to combatant nations then their refinery was a legitimate target, combatant nation or not!
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