Syrian Oil

The United States Has Produced Very Few Anti-Imperialists; Noam Chomsky is Not One of Them

November 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Imperialism, International Law, Middle East Wars, Political Analysis, Syria

by Stephen Gowans, published on Stephen Gowan’s Blog, November 3, 2019 Imperialism has penetrated the fabric of our culture, and infected our imagination, more deeply than we usually think.—Martin Green. [1] [Americans] have produced very, very few anti-imperialists. Our idiom has been empire.—William Appleman Williams. [2] In a recent Intercept interview with the beautiful soul Mehdi Hassan, Noam Chomsky resumed[…]

Trump Shifts from Ending “Forever Wars” to Sending Tanks into Syria’s Oil Fields

October 27, 2019 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Russia, Syria, Turkey, U.S. Aggression

By Bill Van Auken , published on World Socialist Website, 26 October 2019 US Defense Secretary Mark Esper Friday confirmed that Washington would leave military forces in Syria to maintain control of the country’s principal oil and gas fields. The Pentagon is “considering how we might reposition forces in the area in order to make sure that we secure the[…]