Zero Hedge: First Images Of US Troops Occupying Syria's Oil Fields Stir Outrage
The reality of American foreign policy all in one stunning image: regional Iraqi Kurdistan24 television has broadcast the first footage of the United States Army seizing and 'protecting' a Syrian oil field in the country's northeast.
Specifically the images are of a US armed convoy at Rumelan oil field, and are the first to show Trump's ordered "secure the oil" policy in action. A Salon op-ed aptly quips in reaction: "It’s about the oil, stupid: Trump wants to end the forever wars, except the one about oil and money."
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WNU Editor: The US is definitely sending the signal that they do not care about the "optics" anymore.
".... don't care about the optics anymore"
ReplyDeleteThey haven't for cared about optics for over 50 years. Any care shown to the American public is optical illusion.