Comment: Not buying from the USA..

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Not buying from the USA..

..might hurt our feelings, but generally speaking, wheat is a fungible* commodity. The wheat the Iraqis buy from someone else is now not available on the market. So the remaining wheat buyers just buy it from someone else, like us. It's an even trade, and economically doesn't change a thing. http://www.eagletraders.com/advice/securities/fungible_goods...

"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty" TJ