r/worldnews - Trump’s Plan to Take Syrian Oil Slammed as ‘Clear Violation of International Law’ and ‘Imperial Looting’: We are leaving soldiers to secure the oil,” Trump said. “And we may have to fight for the oil. Maybe somebody else wants the oil, in which case they have a hell of a fight.”

It's always been about the oil since the UK/US started to intervene in the ME more than a century ago. How can someone read that quote and not understand that he's talking about protecting oil Wells, not about stealing oil. The US is the largest oil producer on Earth. via Pocket https://ift.tt/2NxjWcx