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kpete

(71,982 posts)
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 08:31 AM Oct 2019

Typical...........risk life and limb for the oil but innocent women and children are on their own.


I guess this is what Trump meant by securing the oil.

Speaking with reporters in Kabul, U.S. Defense Secretary Esper says there are discussions about keeping some troops in northeastern Syria near oil fields with SDF forces to deny Islamic State and "others" potential revenue from them.



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Typical...........risk life and limb for the oil but innocent women and children are on their own. (Original Post) kpete Oct 2019 OP
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