US Strikes ISIS, 'Misses' Syrian Oil Fields for Some Reason
Another day, another 'major strike' against 'Islamic State targets' in Syria, according to the NYT. One might think, after a decade of fluctuating US involvement, that stability would be the goal. Instead, the US maintains an illegal occupation, primarily around the country's oil and wheat fields (Syria has a population teetering on starvation, one might point out). This isn't about fighting ISIS;
it's about prolonging a destabilizing presence, echoing the 2014-2015 period where similar 'strikes' did little to curb ISIS but much to prolong the Syrian civil war. Critics, often dismissed as 'conspiracy theorists,' have long pointed out the US's curious habit of leaving Syrian oil resources untouched by ISIS while maintaining their own control. The timing of such interventions often coincides
with renewed calls for diplomatic solutions, almost as if to ensure perpetual conflict funding for defense contractors whose stock prices, unlike Syrian civilians, remain consistently healthy.