Rudy Giuliani says America should take Iraq's oil because in war 'anything's legal'
Rudy Giuliani argued that the United States should simply confiscate Iraq's oil supply while speaking with ABC host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. When Stephanopoulos asked whether that would be legal, Giuliani laughed away his concerns.
"Of course it's legal!" he said. "It's a war! Until the war is over, anything's legal." Giuliani was defending Republican Donald Trump's argument that President Obama is the "founder" of the Islamic State, a line of reasoning the former New York City mayor said makes sense because "we would not be dealing with ISIS today" had Obama taken the oil before ISIS could use it to fund terrorism.
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