Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
Only in GGT's world where everything is related to everything. The only way in which energy resources are relevant here is that ISIS gets part of its funding from selling it to the Syrian government.
No, what's "relevant" is the degree that <fossil fuel> energy consumption plays in international trade and public policy...and how OPEC nations garner western support, including expectations of military intervention.

IMO, Kuwait and Desert Fox in 1990 wasn't about liberating the Kuwaiti people...but the US protecting its oil inflow. I'll go back further, and say the oil embargo of the 70's didn't have a damn thing to do with "promoting democracy or freeee market trade". We just wanted to continue our jones for "cheap" fossil fuels, no matter where it came from, or what long-term price came with it.