ganon, it's quite unbelievable that the us has restricted iraq and that iraq has to comply with it, i'm sure there's got to be some kind of threat by the us on iraq on that uh, but don't don't quote me on that, let me bring back bruce gagnon, he's an activist and political commentator who rejoins us, bruce gagnon, welcome back economic divide, i'm going to continue with this line that we have here where um really iraq's sovereignty is uh is not there when it comes to its financial. and uh then economic situation visaes the oil sales and the money that it generates in dollars deposited into one account in the us, you can't even open an account outside of the us to receive oil sales, tell us the impact this has on on the country that is oil-based, not only its economy, but really the on the population as a whole. well, it's quite clear to me that iraq is not a sovereign nation, in fact, on several occasions in recent year or so, iraq has asked the united states military to leave their country, and the us refuses to do so. well, isn't that an example of the loss of iraq sovereignty, an