I don't get why we don't just buy the oil

Are the trillions in death and destruction really cheaper than just buying the oil

Vertical integration!

It is, for the companies that buy (or just steal) the oil.

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I still don’t get it

0 < X, where X = market price of oil.
Shirley, you “get” math.
Pay no attention to the cost of stealing the oil!

The people benefitting are not the same people paying the costs. If they bought it, they would be.