➜PHD⇢➤Take the Oil? American Oil Company Finally Gets a Syrian Oil Deal
An American oil company now has a deal to modernize the oil industry in areas controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed on Thursday.
"Protecting the oil would allow U.S. forces to shift to an Iran-focused mission after the defeat of ISIS, especially as a key Iranian supply route to Lebanon passes near the oil-rich area of Deir al-Zor. And it would keep the precious resource out of the hands of Bashar al-Assad, the Iranian-backed ruler of Syria. Graham and other policymakers used oil to sell a continued U.S. presence in eastern Syria to Trump, according to Syrian Emergency Task Force executive director Mouaz Moustafa, who has worked closely with members of Congress. “If you want to feed the baby medicine, you put the medicine in candy or something. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/take-oil-american-oil-company-finally-gets-syrian-oil-deal-165902
➽BSC➜A⇢➤ While Bolivia’s coup regime lets its citizens die, Cuba has nearly defeated Covid-19
A dispatch from Bolivia shows the staggering human toll of the military coup, as an incompetent US-backed regime leaves impoverished citizens to die amid a pandemic. In Cuba, meanwhile, the country’s socialized system has saved its population from the worst of Covid-19.
By Ollie Vargas https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/02/while-bolivias-coup-regime-lets-its-citizens-die-cuba-has-nearly-defeated-covid-19/#more-33937
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