Americans consume “Russian oil.” What you’ve just read isn’t a sign of corruption stateside, rather it’s a signal of basic economics. Production begets imports from around the world always, and from every country, friend or foe. This includes Iran.
The only barrier to this peace-enhancing state of play is that political classes can sap economic vitality by figuratively dynamiting bridges and ships with taxes otherwise known as tariffs, or they can figuratively throw boulders into ports to limit the arrival of imports via similar taxation.
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