What is going on?

[VNA]

Well, I thought we were actually paying them for it rather than stealing it.

The general idea was to put puppets in power, give em loads of dosh and get the oil out for song. 

If you read a little of the history of BP (originally the Anglo-Persian Oil Company), you'll see that the use of the word stolen is not unreasonable.

After all, if it was really so bad a piracy people like yourself would refrain from filling up their tank with stolen oil and stop riding their Fazer in protest.

I suppose you also want me to freeze to death this coming winter cos I don't like the big energy companies ripping me off.  That's if I don't starve to death first in protest at our food industry and rip off supermarkets.

Yeah your logic is brilliant pieman.