>>You never know until you ask. The last time we ask Denmark they sold us the U S Virgin Islands. The Russians sold us “Seward's Folly,” now known as Alaska. That turned out to be a pretty good deal.
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>For whom?
>Lots oil, for sure.
>Who is better off because of all that oil?
US
If you have driven a car in the last 50 years you have.
I guess you forgot about the gold, silver, zinc, fish and crabs and timber.