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We could just invade the whole region and take over all the oil fields.

• mcphage 4y ago
  > We could just invade the whole region Yes, we could. > and take over all the oil fields. No, we couldn't.
  • arthurcolle 4y ago
    I don't agree with the premise of the comment you replied to but why couldn't we take over the oil fields? Are you referring to them sabotaging wells in anticipation of a potential takeover? Obviously stealing a country's resources is frowned upon, just wondering if you meant anything specific
    • alexvoda 4y ago
      Sabotage during the invasion stage is one aspect but there is also the fact that maintaining control over a hostile territory is orders of magnitude harder than invading it.
    • mcphage 4y ago
      As someone else said, maintaining control is something the US has struggled with, and while we may be able to project power over a really wide area, I don’t think we’ve shown that we can (or want to, really) maintain it.