• Jhex@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    of course it is tax payers money… what company is just going to pitch money to clean this mess without the chance of a 200 year lease on some oil field as a reward?

    where elese is the money coming from?

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      22 days ago

      The Arab Gulf States, at least in part. To them, this expense is just part of the cost of continuing to do business.

          • Jhex@lemmy.world
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            21 days ago

            Well I guess “seeing is believing”, not a word can be trusted from the USA at the moment but they are inept enough that something will leak. The source of those funds is likely going to come to light sooner than later