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Making sense: Islamic State crisis: US hits IS oil targets in Syria September 26, 2014 7:56 am bowser

It all falls into place. IS has oil which is not controlled by the major oil companies. IS must be destroyed.

Y’know, Khadaffi of Libya had to be overthrown when he attempted to nationalize his countries oil. Chavez in Venezuela the same thing.

And not the drums beat for war again in the Middle East. Oil.

A profound, unmentioned switch here. by bowser 2014-10-08 19:28:52
- Ridiculous. We are fighting both ISIS and Al Qaeda by BuckGalaxy 2014-10-13 01:23:03
- A profound, unmentioned, but obvious answer . . . by DanS 2014-10-09 05:57:53
  - The Siege of Kobane. by TB 2014-10-09 19:41:49
  - Dan, Dan, Dan! by bowser 2014-10-09 15:43:59
    - The goal . . . ? by DanS 2014-10-10 09:21:23
      - Is this satire? Well, no, that takes certain abilities. by bowser 2014-10-11 21:25:26
        
        About as satirical as a "War for Oil" crusade . . . ? by DanS 2014-10-13 09:04:08
        
        Just one example. by bowser 2014-10-13 16:18:29
        
        Even sillier . . . by DanS 2014-10-14 06:05:09
Makes more sense than the rest of it by mcfly 2014-09-29 19:55:21
- They murdered our people AFTER we started bombing them. by ER 2014-09-30 05:40:49
  - So long as Turkey remains a NATO Nation and US voters choose to live in Israel . . . by DanS 2014-09-30 05:50:11
    - Israel can take care of itself. by ER 2014-09-30 08:39:04
      - Yes, but . . . by DanS 2014-09-30 09:30:15
        
        Its not just the dual-citizenship Israelis that are part of the calculation. by ER 2014-09-30 10:15:48
        
        When you get back . . . by DanS 2014-10-13 11:28:33
Too slippery a topic, b . . . by DanS 2014-09-29 03:42:21