This 2003 photo shows a US soldier from the 173rd Airborne Brigade with gold bars seized near Kirkuk, Iraq. Troops intercepted trucks carrying ~1,000 bars linked to Saddam Hussein's regime.
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  • 4104 points ryanholmes1989

    Three kings

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    945 points M4roon

    Boom, that's what I was looking for. Lung shot scene is still stuck in my mind from like childhood.

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    244 points Occams_ElectricRazor

    I remember watching that as a kid and kind of being grossed out. Now I put in chest tubes.

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    104 points M4roon

    Same, also the Anaconda neck stent scene too. blech.

    Also, ty for playing cleric/healer in life.

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    42 points Rundiggity

    Had two chest tubes and swear I have a new pain threshold. 

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    26 points Occams_ElectricRazor

    From the procedure or from the tubes? Nearly 100% of my patients tell me after every procedure that the lidocaine was the worst part and they really appreciated me.

    I think some people just really suck at their jobs. So if that's what happened, I'm sorry.

    If it was just from the tubes, yeah that sucks. There's not much that can be done. We use 14 Fr but surgery uses 24 or 28 usually...The 14 is obviously better tolerated.

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    24 points Rundiggity

    No friend,  just having the tube between your ribs for a few days is insane. I watched the procedure, thanks fentanyl, and the doc jamming his finger in my intercostal. No problem there. Not sure what the fr is but guessing diameter. I had a large one in my side on my first, and a small one in my chest on my second pneumo. 

    I tried to go minimal on pain meds on the first one because I don’t do drugs anymore. Every breath hurt. 

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    9 points Occams_ElectricRazor

    Yeah that was a surgically placed chest tube. It was probably 24 or 28 Fr. That's the diameter...Which is .3 mm per Fr so at least 7.2 mm. Which doesn't sound like a lot but as you know is huge when it's in your chest. Ours are half that size.

    The second one might have been a 14.

    I can place the larger ones. It's just not usually necessary.

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    17 points glizzy_goblin710

    when I was in nursing school I got to watch an emergency chest tube placement for a pneumo, they gave the guy fentanyl and versed before but he still screamed the entire time if I remember correctly lol

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    166 points Ok_Inside_8062

    I went on a first aid course years ago and the guy running it was talking about using a stent and used this film as an example. First question to the group (I was the only guy in a group of 8) was "Anyone like George Clooney films?"

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    54 points Informal-Term1138

    Raises hand "I do".

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    69 points jaxonya

    "You mean like Batman Forever?"

    rolls eyes "get out of my class"

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    82 points _YouShouldBeRunning_

    Batman forever is Val Kilmer. I won’t have his legacy stolen.

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    7 points Soggy-Type-1704

    😂

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    24 points Practical_Ad_4165

    You mean like The Fantastic Mr. Fox?!?

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    6 points SistaChans

    I will always upvote Wes Anderson

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    9 points RaskyBukowski

    My favorite part was they let a guy go, he shot at them later and looked at them like they'd again let him go, and then they shot him.

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    6 points SupraDan1995

    This and battlefield bad company

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    3 points LegitimateUse4584

    Lord I hated that scene

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    63 points RealSchlemiel

    999 bars of gold is so much gold!

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    49 points International-Bus399

    Yeah, what the hell are they doing with 998 gold bars?

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    31 points HocusDiplodocus

    Sheesh where will we put these 997 gold bars?

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    21 points General-General-3982

    They will put those 996 gold bars in the back of a truck.

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    19 points Maintenance_Man8904

    Hope the truck can carry all 995 gold bars

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    19 points General-General-3982

    I want to believe that it will strat up with those 994 gold bars

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    10 points al-Sahaabi

    What gold bars are you referring to? Those are Weapons of Mass Destruction disguised as 12 KG gold bars. Rest assured they have been disposed of and freedom has been preserved.

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    3 points General-General-3982

    You mean 11 kg?

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    4 points SoCal-Web-Surfer

    Let's count again, I only see 10.

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    130 points Foxylove636

    We three kings be stealin the gold ….

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    42 points Answerologist

    “My friends all drive Porsches. I must make amends!”

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    13 points wirm

    I’m going to buy a set of Lexus convertibles in every color.

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    10 points Debalic

    Lexus doesn't make convertibles!

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    10 points renegaderelish

    Infinity only

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    5 points Answerologist

    “No Lexus convertible. Infiniti only.”

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    3 points excaliburxvii

    "Cannot give car."

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    3 points Answerologist

    “Listen…we will rise up together. Tell him. Rise up! Look at us! Many races.🤝. Many nations!👥. Tell him, Chief! United! George Bush, George Bush wants you.🫵”

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    3 points offbeat_ahmad

    George Bush?!

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    3 points Answerologist

    “Wants you. Wants you! You! Wants everybody! George Bush wants you! Ha! Mehta(?)! Di(?)! Mehta Di! Fight for freedom on your own…and America will follow!! God Bless America! And God Bless a Free Iraq!! Now…what do you say my friend?”

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    3 points offbeat_ahmad

    😄 Cannot take car.

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    11 points Classic-Exchange-511

    I have literally never watched the movie but that quote is stuck in my head because of the sing-songy way he says it

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    7 points ParkingDrink2975

    Had to scroll wayyyy too far to find this. First thought that popped into my head

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    63 points Lekoaf

    Kelly's Heroes has roughly the same plot and features Clint Eastwood and Donald Sutherland.

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    24 points ryanholmes1989

    Also had don rickles

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    11 points DelcoPAMan

    And Telly Savalas.

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    9 points KeepingItSFW

    and Vincent Maracecchi, in his feature role “Old Man in Town”

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    20 points doktaj

    This is my favorite WW2 movie. I love Donald Sutherland's hippie character.

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    17 points TheGR8Dantini

    Oddball? Drinking some wine, eating some cheese

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    15 points BakedBeanedMyJeans

    WOOF!

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    10 points WasabiSenzuri

    (that's my other dog impression)

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    5 points ImOnTheLoo

    I always assumed it was a way to include anti-war/anti-vietnam war sentiment without it being too current. 

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    44 points That-Ad-4300

    I need a rewatch. Thanks for the reminder.

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    14 points thethehead

    Michael. Jackson. King of pop.

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    10 points SMELLMYSTANK

    Bullshit, my main man!

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    6 points BigODetroit

    Hee Hee, Hoo Hoo.

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    3 points callmedata1

    Are you ready for the big bummer, bro?

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    7 points ObjectiveAid

    Rewatched it recently, definitely holds up. 

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    60 points stevesmd

    Exactly what came to mind.

    Great movie btw!

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    29 points matthewxcampbell

    Haha, exactly my first thought

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    60 points IamDa5id

    Bouillon, you mean them little cubes you put in hot water to make soup?

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    26 points decoy321

    My main man. Tell me something, okay? What is the problem with Michael Jackson?

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    20 points Yardsale420

    Micheal Jackson is pop king of sick fucking country.

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    5 points kcbrooklyn1

    Hoo hoo, hee hee.

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    5 points Answerologist

    “No, not the little cubes you put in hot water to make soup.”

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    13 points SuccessfulJelly

    "Saddam is coming and he's pissed at you for letting him down. He's going to kill everyone!"

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    3 points ProfessorxVile

    That scene was hilarious.

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    6 points Mcglobal7

    Phenomenal movie. It’s crazy to me that it’s never mentioned among war movie greats, it’s a spectacular film.

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  • 2989 points DuaneBB

    I’m not greedy. I just want one of those bars. Hell half would make my year or my life.

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    1116 points PsychologicalFix5059

    I'm greedy, where are my gold bars, I want all of it.

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    458 points ineyy

    And those are probably full LBMA-style 12.4kg gold bars, worth about 1.7 million dollars each.

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    327 points MoralMischief

    "Gather 'round, grandkids! Here's a picture of me kneeling on $1,700,000,000 worth of gold."

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    158 points actually3racoons

    999 bars

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    159 points Spitfire354

    Yeah those 998 bars that got deposited to our warehouse was a sick catch!

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    129 points boltercrazy

    Yeah all 997 of those bars we had to carry sucked though.

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    99 points zephillou

    But 996 bars aren't enough of an obstacle to stop us from giving them a taste of freedom

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    55 points Stiffylicious

    those 995 bars sure was worth the backbreaking effort to thwart that evil regime

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    52 points eisbaerBorealis

    I love how normally this is about drugs and it gets about halved each time, but with gold bars we're all like, "yeah, one's good."

    Glad we were able to recover those 994 gold bars, btw.

    EDIT: I just saw the second top comment thread and they wiped it out in a few comments. Oh, well.

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    10 points tpimh

    You said 997 bars? Yes, correct, checks out with the paper work.

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    48 points DarthBrownBeard

    You figure if gold's current market value is $4.3k per ounce... 12.4kg is 27.28lbs. Which makes each bar 436.48oz. Which makes each bar have $1,876,864 worth of gold. EACH. (It would be tough to run with about 3 of those in your pockets. So I'll just take 1. Maybe 2.)

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    28 points darwinooc

    I played Dead Money. I learned the importance of * not holding onto material wealth and instead living for truly important things in life abusing the encumbrance mechanic to cheese reality into allowing me to walk away with every last gold bar, making me ridiculously wealthy for the rest of my days.

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    9 points fluffypurpleTigress

    Letting go..of poverty, that is

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    6 points Strange-Movie

    Player.modav carryweight 5000

    He ain’t heavy, he’s my console command cheats brother

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    5 points MichiganGeezer

    When you have stars on your uniform you no longer need to run. You walk in plain view of everyone and put them in your vehicle and have them loaded into your personal jet.

    Some American generals are flown in their own corporate jets. They do whatever they want with stuff like that.

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    3 points optimo_mas_fina

    I'll take 4, I'll figure it out. No pain no gain in its most literal sence..

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    29 points Ressy02

    I could use a few to prop my door open

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    18 points Academic_UK

    Really!!?? These weigh 12kg dude - you holding a vault door open?

    One per door is the policy in our house!

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    5 points radioactivebeaver

    So back then what, like $500,000?

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    8 points ksheep

    In 2003, gold ranged from $330-400 per ounce. That would put it in the $145k-175k range per bar, depending on exactly when during the year you're looking at.

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    5 points radioactivebeaver

    Holy shit, didn't realize it went up that much in the last 22 years.

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    5 points no1kn0wsm3

    And those are probably full LBMA-style 12.4kg gold bars, worth about 1.7 million dollars each.

    I'd be plenty happy with that that annual income then inflation adjust it going forward.

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    65 points -Organic-Panic-

    There were 2 tons, we moved that ton and a half into the trucks. Then we drove that ton of gold to the fort. At the fort we counted all 1.8k lbs of it and stored it on pallets. That 800lbs of pallets sat there until all 400lbs of it were loaded onto a plane. Back state side we unload all 100lbs of Saddam Hussein's treasure into a vault. And there his solitary bar of gold sits, to this day.

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    4 points Ok_Stretch_4545

    Those mdw had to be paid eh!

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    6 points Adorable_Umpire6330

    "Vdya taught me to not let go."

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    6 points wellthatsucked20

    Did you learn nothing from the Dead Money DLC?

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    3 points Mist_Rising

    Of course, you stick the gold into the body and carry the head.

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    4 points GreenrabbE99

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    3 points Mist_Rising

    As a kid, fun to watch. As an adult: I know this would hurt like hell to dive into headfirst. It's a pile of metal.

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    7 points mikasjoman

    Well you can rejoice in that the median US salary in gold is the same today (20 ounces) as in 1880. If you take average of every ten year period it has been 40 ounces per year in salary.

    Damn I wish I was a gold bug like the guys in those crazy prepper shows used to be ten years ago.

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    3 points enterjiraiya

    or you could just put it in any stock index or better yet just Microsoft

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    88 points THEBLUEFLAME3D

    I honestly just want one because it seems so fucking cool to just have a literal gold bar. Like, yeah, it’s valuable, but it’s just super cool to me for some reason.

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    23 points Misterbellyboy

    Just shave a little bit off when you have to do your shopping.

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    7 points EthanielRain

    I bought a silver bar and gold "bar" (more like a toothpick), never regretted it. They are neat!

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    5 points Ok_Dragonfruit_8102

    Be honest, how many times have you chewed on it?

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    11 points fungi_enthusiast77

    Of course it is it's a solid gold bar.

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    28 points -_-Batman

    what gold bars ! !!

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    7 points Impossible-Ship5585

    Could you be able to fit one im ypur bodily cavities?

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    49 points BigB0ss_89

    Yes. It goes in the square hole.

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    3 points Ok_Passion_6771

    *frustration intensifies

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    9 points AntonChigurhWasHere

    For almost 2 million I’d make it fit.

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    6 points stanknotes

    OH you gotta keep at least one. But you have to smuggle it out in smaller pieces.

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  • 744 points MaksimilenRobespiere

    Each one of those now worth about 1.8 million dollars.

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    429 points BastionNZ

    Isn't it insane millions in poverty scraping by for a dollar and , and here is a pic of a man standing on some shiny rocks worth hundreds of millions of dollars

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    163 points That70sShop

    You have to consider how much overburden was removed and how little gold was in each truck load of gold ore that was dug out of ground and hauled to be processed.

    Just like fish. The fish are free. You are paying for the lives (sometimes literally) of men spent going to get the fish for you.

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    59 points Helpful-Ad-5615

    But the men risking their lives to keep your lights on are still struggling the most

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    27 points That70sShop

    Lot of risky jobs out there taken for granted.

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    5 points AlienArtFirm

    Isn't it insane

    No just infuriating if you have a soul or any sort of morality in the least.

    But this is capitalist society so I mean HOARD ALL THE THINGS, CHARGE THE MOST, MAKE THE MOST MONEY, FUCK EVERYONE ELSE YES YES YES GO GO GO INFINITE GROWTH ISN'T INSANE AT ALL GIMME THOSE BARS

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  • 1248 points Initial_Hedgehog_631

    In 2003 a standard 27 pound bar of gold was worth around $350k.

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    801 points That-Ad-4300

    About $1.75 million today. 😲

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    320 points Own_Example4251

    Well I wouldn't buy it today then, prolly wait until tomorrow when it goes back down.

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    152 points That-Ad-4300

    My dealer always said: Buy while high, sell while low.

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    136 points Davocado96

    Ah, I see your dealer frequents r/wallstreetbets

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    25 points the_cappers

    That sub is a master class in absolutely certainty followed by astounding reality and screen shots of 99.9% losses.

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    11 points ThisIsALine_____

    Exactly! I'm not investing if not on cocaine. Your dealer is a smart man.

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    16 points Campoozmstnz

    Do you think they gave that back to Irak's national reserve?

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    19 points PureInsaneAmbition

    Yeah, just like they're going to return Venezuela's oil hahahaha

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    22 points ToppsBlooby

    They def returned all +/-50 gold bars recovered.

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    7 points BigFatModeraterFupa

    lololol😅😅

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  • 1508 points RageAgainstMSTeams

    Really hope all those 950 gold bars were put to good use!

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    1137 points rabid_spidermonkey

    All 800 bars were unloaded without incident.

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    783 points 0ver9000_

    Received all 650 bars after transport.

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    610 points Dry_Menu4804

    Stored all 400 bars

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    402 points AMJN90

    What gold bars?

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    266 points Gaarathorn

    They owe us gold bars

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    205 points MisanthropicDonkey

    I heard Venezuela has got some...

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    102 points xXBlueDreamXx

    Better get after those commie bastards!

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    61 points ManicmouseNZ

    That tanker is full of gold bars!

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    36 points ObscuraMind1990

    Tanker intercepted, only founded black gold. Crew said Maduro has lots more.

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    29 points Dry_Menu4804

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    11 points zzSolace

    We must invade Haribo

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    22 points ObliviousRounding

    We have recovered the 200 missing bars from that guy.

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    19 points SkintCrayon

    I have it on record that you delivered all 200 snicker bars

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    14 points theredhype

    You skimmed too many. Better sleep with one eye open.

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    35 points GreatRyujin

    Filled out inventory report about all 320 bars.

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    15 points -_-Batman

    yes , 32 bars ...all 32 of them

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    84 points WirusCZ

    Money from it funded American military for entire 1 hour

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    27 points finlandery

    With 2003 gold price and current spending you are not that far away. At 2003 spending would be 2-3 hours :p

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    51 points fragglet

    Sadly they turned out to just be a bunch of melted down shell casings. A real shame and not in any way suspicious. 

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    18 points Panzerkiller111

    Ea-nāṣir strikes again! I hope someone writes a really strongly worded complaint to him....

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    7 points FireLadcouk

    Nor amazing really

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  • 648 points _SasquatchPatrol

    The WMDs that we were looking for

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    98 points amgineeno

    They were hidden all the oil too.

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    32 points AgressiveInliners

    Dont worry we found it in Venezuela

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    7 points Xerzi7

    Had to scroll down too far to see this. Literally looting another country

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    11 points justforkinks0131

    sadly it would only be around $1.75 billion today, which is pocket change for the US government

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  • 116 points tdkimber

    We three kings be stealing the gold

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    14 points Turbulent-Candle-340

    Thank you for scratching that ear worm.

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  • 57 points VRGladiator1341

    Well this sub is astroturfed to hell and back

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    26 points sykoKanesh

    lol yeah, reddit is on a downswing for sure. Nothing but bots arguing with bots it seems like these days.

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    12 points Avorius

    yeah a lot of months old default username accounts with hidden post histories all over this thread

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    8 points Similar-Ice-9250

    I feel stupid sometimes, because I felt like I’m respond to and arguing with a bot on Reddit. Like some replies I get don’t sound human. It’s like they ignore what was written in my comment and go on to explain things that don’t need to be explained or they try to rage bait saying I’m supporting things that I just argued against. I don’t know it’s like they’re getting outraged over one sentence and not bothered to read the rest of the paragraphs in my comment.

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  • 513 points St_Atheist

    Okay, I understand military intervention to stop a dictator's aggression, but how is that any different from plundering Iraqi gold that actually belongs to the Iraqi people? And to publicly brag about it...

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    558 points Duchess430

    It's not...

    There is a very good reason why the "American Service-Members' Protection Act, " exists, it's a big fat fuck you from the USA to the rest of the world saying accusing US military or civilian members of war crimes and crimes against humanity is illegal.

    Totally not because there is significant evidence that war crimes or crimes were committed, it's to prevent those evil children who's parents randomly died when US soldiers went door to door unloading bullets into homes because they were pissed that an IED went off and a marine got hurt.

    Damn greedy children.

    Seriously though , it's a sick and disgusting thing that has happen multiple times, and most Americans shove their head in the sand screaming "no, were the good guys, it's all a lie"

    Look up Haditha massacre (and then maybe go down the rabbit hole of USA commited and mostly verified war crimes and crimes against humanity that was just shoved under the table by USA and their allies).

    Well this comment is going to get negatively voted into hell , Americans aren't fans of facing the actions of their consequences.

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    125 points RupertPupkin85

    Lol one american got injured? Must kill every brown in sight.

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    112 points BaronMostaza

    Literally the response to 9/11

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    22 points Lahlann

    Americans are first in line to shit on US. Dont pretend to expect downvotes

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    19 points Pennsylvasia

    Eh, it can go either way. In real life there is a lot of military worship and and banal nationalism, like military flyovers and "salute to service" moments at games to the pledge of allegiance at school or the national anthem before every single thing, and criticism of these elements is not very well tolerated. Criticizing American military adventures, centering foreign victims in Vietnam or Iraq or whatever, or suggesting the American military behaved badly is not well received. If only there were that unflinching support for education here.

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    10 points cool_username_1011

    Yeah ima call cap

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    12 points Duchess430

    I've said things like this before, and it got nuked hard.

    Very interesting change of tone, either Echo chambers are getting stronger because I've left quite a few other news/politics subs becuase it was obvious how strong it was shifting (either for or against my values, not being challenged is fucking boring) or seeing someone like Trump being president (what should be the moral compass of a nation) and not in jail might have woken up some ppl.

    I hope it's the latter, but I doubt it.

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    16 points vinvancent

    Americans arent awake yet mostly thats why

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    9 points BobsBurgersJoint

    American here, upvoted because the truth should never be hidden.

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    124 points GloveDry3278

    Who's gonna stop them?? No one has the power to do so.

    Their wars are all based on lies and disguised as freedom.

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    39 points jakraziel

    The gold was being moved out of iraq by one 9f Saddams family and was returned to the new Iraq gov. 1 guy just took s photo of it.

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    67 points Augustus_Chevismo

    It wasn’t plundered. It belongs to the democratic government of Iraq.

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    44 points The-Copilot

    Yup. Sadam tried to clear out the reserves and flee with the gold. The US secured it and returned it to the central bank of Iraq.

    Sadam was straight up plundering Iraq his entire rule. Remember Sadam's golden AK and all the mansions and extravagant shit. That was stolen from the people of Iraq.

    After Iraq was sanctioned by the UN in 1990, an exception was made that Iraq could sell oil to fund humanitarian programs. Sadam did use some of the money to give his people free education, food and electricity while he simultaneously took nearly $7B from the fund.

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    4 points filthy_harold

    Golden AKs are actually relatively affordable (at least for a wealthy gun collector). It's just gold plating so most of the cost is just the labor involved. One company online offers the service for $3000.

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    11 points glowingboneys

    Americans in 2002: Iraq is murdering their own people, subjugating women, and funding terrorism across the world.

    Americans in 2025: We must have stolen that gold from poor Saddam Hussein :( we're awful. *scrolls to next TikTok video*

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    7 points Thick-Assistant-2257

    Because this gold was given to the iraqi people. Saddam was tryong to get it out of the country to flee.

    Its almost like you people dont care about the truth

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    53 points _MargaretThatcher

    The post states that the vehicles were intercepted, presumably trying to move the gold out of the country.

    An article concerning the event is here, which claims the gold was intercepted travelling east, towards Iran, after the US government had already established occupation of Iraq. The article states that following assessment for the gold's purity, they would be sent to the Iraqi treasury, The article also states two days prior to the vehicle being intercepted a similar convoy carrying twice as much gold was intercepted on its way to the Syrian border.

    tl;dr US Gov't did not steal thousands of bars of gold from the Iraqi people.

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    13 points minnosota

    Don’t ruin the circle jerk

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    4 points GalacticGoat242

    Actually the gold in these trucks were found at random by a US checkpoint driven by Iraqi drivers. All of the gold was given back to Iraqi government controlled funds.

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    4 points giboauja

    Pretty sure they were returned to Iraq.

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    5 points lumpboysupreme

    Because the US didn’t keep that gold.

    It was captured from a member of the regime who basically looted the treasury and made a run from it.

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    3 points liquidpele

    You ate a lot of paint chips as a kid didn’t you?

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    4 points agprincess

    This gold was famously fully returned to the government of Iraq.

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    12 points 0reosaurus

    The gold wasnt stolen. The story is Saddam’s son, cant remember which one, walked into a bank with a nite andleft with truck loads of gold during the final days of the war. This picture is the result of the American miltary being a lot faster than those trucks. US did a lot of bad there, but this isnt oneof them

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    5 points MonitorPowerful5461

    It was taken from a dictator and reinvested into Iraq :) none of this gold was ever used by the US government. It was all made the property of the Iraqi democratic government.

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    3 points CBT7commander

    This gold was returned to Iraq after being stopped form being given smuggled out of the country.

    So no gold was stolen, a theft was in fact stopped

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    17 points BooksandBiceps

    It wasn’t plundered, look up the history of the photo. Reverse image search

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  • 57 points WolfyBlu

    We're those confiscated bars the weapons of mass destruction?

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    12 points Lahlann

    Throw one into crowd and we will figure it out

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  • 7 points Thom5001

    That’s worth an ass load today

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  • 6 points TwoHourPower

    Me leaving the Sierra Madre on my 107th playthrough

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  • 20 points Traditional_Roll6651

    I’m pretty sure if I was a soldier over there, all the trucks I checked would be empty… yup….darn it 🤷‍♂️

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    8 points die_daily

    Wont work out with the mp

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  • 106 points APERSONLIKEME

    Wow, Americans stealing from other countries.

    Very amazing indeed.

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  • 23 points GloveDry3278

    The weapons of mass destruction were successfully retrieved.

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  • 16 points WeatherUnited2023

    Mission accomplished.

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  • 3 points hennabeak

    Did he try to swim in it like Scrooge McDuck?

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  • 5 points Daflehrer1

    My old colleague was a captain in Desert Storm. Everybody and their gear was searched before leaving.

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  • 30 points Vast_Plane_3112

    americans, the biggest hypocrites of the world.

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