If you read the article, they are blaming Biden for doing the same thing as Trump, speak "using US troops to take the oil".
During its first month in office, the Biden administration did not reverse its predecessor's policy of keeping troops deployed in northeastern Syria to "keep the oil".
If you read the article, they are blaming Biden for doing the same thing as Trump, speak "using US troops to take the oil".
Well dah. Did you think the u.s. wants to pay for Alb bitumen?
They do for a discount.
Hard to demand a discount if you can't get it at syria or saudi rates elsewhere.
They don't need to demand a discount. They are the only ones buying it, thus they are dictating the price.