@MCLARENRCF1@bennyjohnson Not stolen...conceded. The United States acquired California and other western territories through military conquest in the Mexican-American War and a formal land deal called the Mexican Cession via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. [1] (https://t.co/dNfeTS6qgq)
The problem they fail to mention is the fact that the existing Refineries can only refine the 'dirty crude' (Middle East oil) and not sweet crude produced in the US.
Check out this article: https://t.co/2kqtklVNP0