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Whenever you hear about military tensions, retrace the news in that region and you will find newly discovered oil fields or pipeline plans.
by bimr 7y ago
Whenever you hear about military tensions, retrace the news in that region and you will find newly discovered oil fields or pipeline plans.
- scrumbledober 7y agoAny data or sources to back this up?
- bimr 7y agoSee Timber Sycamore https://www.globalresearch.ca/we-re-going-to-take-out-7-countries-in-5-years-iraq-syria-lebanon-libya-somalia-sudan-iran/5166 https://www.globalresearch.ca/we-re-going-to-take-out-7-coun... https://www.voanews.com/africa/somalia-readies-oil-exploration-still-working-petroleum-law https://www.voanews.com/africa/somalia-readies-oil-explorati... https://www.mintpressnews.com/migrant-crisis-syria-war-fueled-by-competing-gas-pipelines/209294/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/migrant-crisis-syria-war-fuele... https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/08/egypt-oil-and-gas-reserves-record-highest-ever-figures-.html https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/08/egypt... https://www.ft.com/content/cf31acce-969d-11df-9caa-00144feab49a https://www.ft.com/content/cf31acce-969d-11df-9caa-00144feab...
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- klyrs 7y agoTrump's take on Syrian oil seems quite pertinent: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/08/secure-the-oil-trumps-syria-strategy-leaves-pentagon-perplexed https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/08/secure-the-o...
- bimr 7y agoTrump wasn't even a politician when the CIA decided to topple Syria. Stop being so butthurt and think! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/03/us-isis-syria-iraq https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/03/us-isi...
- klyrs 7y ago> Trump wasn't even a politician when the CIA decided to topple Syria. Strawman. > Stop being so butthurt and think! This is completely unnecessary, and against site guidelines. When the commander in chief, who's making decisions about where to send troops and drop bombs says > "We want to bring our soldiers home. But we did leave soldiers because we're keeping the oil," he said on 1 November. "I like oil. We’re keeping the oil." then it's pretty hard to say that he's not motivated by the oil, innit?
- heyflyguy 7y agoI can't wait for us to attack Mexico.
- heyflyguy 7y agoEither my sarcasm was unappreciated or the point wasn't taken.
- ajna91 7y agoI think the idea is that comments on this site are meant to be more thoughtful than witty quips, generally speaking.
- sjg007 7y agoWon't happen. We wouldn't be able to handle the refugee crisis.. we can't handle it now. Venezuela would be better.
- _bxg1 7y agoSuggesting that it's a bluff to appease and/or intimidate?
- bimr 7y agoAmidst the disruption of war, a lot can be accomplished without scrutiny.
- frank2 7y agoTensions involving the US? Because the combination of the US and Canada has been self-sufficient in petroleum for a few years now: i.e., the US need go no further than Canada to get all the oil it needs. The US would be self-sufficient now if the Saudis hadn't lowered their prices about 6 years ago in an explicit attempt to discourage US production; as it is, US self-sufficiency will take a few more years. Now that the US has the technical means to extract "tight oil" just the state of Texas has enough extractible oil to last the US 100 years, I saw one expert say recently. (Of course, burning all that oil would cause horrible climate change, but that is true of the Iranian oil, too.)
- api 7y agoIt's not about physical self-sufficiency but about money. It's about who gets to pump and sell that oil and where the profits go.
- grecy 7y agoFurthermore it's about not using up the US reserves, so that when the rest of the world runs out the US will still have plenty on it's own soil. Have a look into why the Alaska pipeline runs that lowest possible capacity.
- api 7y agoI have long suspected that the USA deliberately held back its own oil production to maintain a strategic reserve. This policy seems to be ending though as evidenced by today's high domestic production.
- wu3u3h3uedh 7y agoThe 1973 OPEC oil embargo would beg to differ.
- bimr 7y agoIt's not for the benefit of the US
- LyndsySimon 7y agoAssuming this is true, can you show me the benefit of a past military campaign against an oil-rich power? Iraq would be my preference, but I’m open to whatever example you have at hand.
- bimr 7y agoIt's not a matter of state. It's a market like any other. Think how common usurpation is in the financial sector -- LIBOR scandal, Bank of England audio leaks, Flash Trading Arbitrage, Goldman Sachs's ABACUS scam. Then, apply the same tactics to energy.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoCould you be a bit more specific here? I can't tell how what you're saying has any relevance to the Iraq war.
- bimr 7y agoYou mean the Iran flare up? Modern wars are not political, they are theatre to distract from the real goal, pillaging by the crony capitalists. Just look at how many times they've tried to trick Trump into war. 1) The White Helmets faked a chlorine bomb in Duoma, then 2) CNN faked a Venezuelan military revolt, 3) also framed Molotov cocktail attacks, and 4) the Hawaiian nuke warning was faked. And now, 5) Iranian terrorists just waltz through security and set off an explosion at a US embassy. If you want to talk about Iraq, then you'll have to go ALL the way back and look up Building 7.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoNo, I meant the Iraq war, per LyndsySimon's question. But you telling me to look up Building 7 told me all I needed to know about where you're coming from.
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- mc32 7y agoIs that the cause of tensions between India and China or India and Pakistan of China and Indonesia?