Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers
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I don’t think we ever seen this level of naked corruption.
I’m sure they had similar levels of corruption in the Roman, French, Russian, and Germanic empires … riiiiight before they collapsed, too.
Well, similar levels of naked corruption in what they were doing, but probably not in how much they were profiting.
The Marcos regime comes to mind too.