there have been these periodic reports of mysterious tankers showing up in the gulf from iraq or kurdistan for years, and it seems like what's been going on since at least 2003 is that the oil is being sent to the united states under the radar.

then, america claims it's a net producer, supposedly due to fracking. right.

when trump said they should have stolen the oil, maybe he missed the obvious - maybe they did. and, maybe they still are...