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BlueCheese

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11. North Korea has a lot more deterrence than Syria.

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 11:55 AM

Aug 2013

I don't support action in Syria right now, but I don't think it has a great deal to do with oil. If anything, our slow reaction here compared with our very swift reaction in Libya is partly because Syria has virtually no oil while Libya does.

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For those who think our interest in attacking Syria isn't about oil, I ask ... [View all] Scuba Aug 2013 OP

Pipelines, Profits, Presence, Petroleum - no Poppies this time? leftstreet Aug 2013 #1

it's about lots of things, oil being one of them cali Aug 2013 #2

Because North Korea has nukes and 10,000 artillery buried in mountains in range of Seoul. denverbill Aug 2013 #3

You pose a false choice cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #4

It would be very useful to pipe Iraqi oil via Syria to the Mediterranean FarCenter Aug 2013 #6

Good assessment railsback Aug 2013 #9

My Gawd. Seriously? railsback Aug 2013 #5

It's all about supporting their favorite team Marrah_G Aug 2013 #7

Do you know who gets the most Middle East Oil? It doesn't sound like you know. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #8

Why do you think it matters? We do big oil's bidding worldwide. Scuba Aug 2013 #10

North Korea has a lot more deterrence than Syria. BlueCheese Aug 2013 #11