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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 anticip

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.