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Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Paul Antonopoulos — BREAKING: US military attempts to block Syrian governments access to ISIS-held gas, oilfields in Deir Ezzor
The fight for Syrian oil is on, at least appears to be from reports.
Could be new Trump policy: "Take the oil!"... to get the munnie back.
This is the very old US policy. It began when FDR pulled an end run by holding a secret meeting with King Said after Yalta, before Churchill could get to him, cementing a deal that would put the US in #1 position in the ME, where Britain had been previously. Since then the US has treated the ME as its backyard.
Could be new Trump policy: "Take the oil!"... to get the munnie back...
ReplyDeleteCould be new Trump policy: "Take the oil!"... to get the munnie back.
ReplyDeleteThis is the very old US policy. It began when FDR pulled an end run by holding a secret meeting with King Said after Yalta, before Churchill could get to him, cementing a deal that would put the US in #1 position in the ME, where Britain had been previously. Since then the US has treated the ME as its backyard.
"Said" should be "Saud."
ReplyDeleteCould be implementing this policy:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/21/donald-trump-iraq-war-oil-strategy-seizure-isis