Seymour Hersh: White House Knowingly Armed ISIS In Syria

Originally posted by jaden101
That's what happens when you're not really trying to defeat them. Instability and turmoil in the middle east isn't an unfortunate byproduct. It's the purpose. You've got oil companies extracting millions of barrels and paying no revenues on it because the Iraq government is too weak to enforce it. Same in Libya.

Are you sure there western oil companies in Iraq. I find that hard to believe, I figure ran everyone out of town, I don't even know if we ever got oil from Iraq. I am almost 100% sure we never did. Considering during the heat of the war, oil prices were higher then ever before.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Are you sure there western oil companies in Iraq. I find that hard to believe, I figure ran everyone out of town, I don't even know if we ever got oil from Iraq. I am almost 100% sure we never did. Considering during the heat of the war, oil prices were higher then ever before.

There also Exxon, Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil,
http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/en/company/worldwide-operations/locations/iraq

http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2015/09/15/iraq-asks-oil-companies-to-cut-spending-after-drop-in-prices/

Never found it odd that for all the territory ISIS have taken in Iraq they've never gotten close to threatening the southern oil fields or the ones in Kurdistan?

😂

Well hot damn. Look at those greedy Brits.

How the hell did they get oil, who defended them, I sure as hell know that no military was tasked to defend any oil refineries.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
😂

Well hot damn. Look at those greedy Brits.

How the hell did they get oil, who defended them, I sure as hell know that no military was tasked to defend any oil refineries.

Iraq have a specific force of 27,000 just for protecting oil assets and I'm sure there's plenty of private security companies making a killing, pardon the pun, from work in those areas.

I think Dubya said it best here too:
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." --Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

So its seems the british made more money off oil then the US.😂

What a bunch of greedy bastards.

He knew what he was doing.