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- Yosemite_Sam1Explorer
ShinerBock wrote:
time2roll wrote:
Just get us out already. Let them fight their own battles.
EVs help with US energy independence.
But they make us more dependent on China. China controls over 85% of the rare earth market that are used in EV motors and batteries among other things. As US rare earth mines dwindle, the stronger China gets. Oil is something that we have plenty of now that we have the technology to get to it which is why it is such a farse that people say we go war for oil.
U.S. dependence on China's rare earth: Trade war vulnerability
Another of your upstanding quality: Seeing problem for every solution. - ShinerBockExplorer
time2roll wrote:
Just get us out already. Let them fight their own battles.
EVs help with US energy independence.
But they make us more dependent on China. China controls over 85% of the rare earth market that are used in EV motors and batteries among other things. As US rare earth mines dwindle, the stronger China gets. Oil is something that we have plenty of now that we have the technology like directional drilling and fracking to get to it which is why it is such a farse that people say we go to war for oil.
U.S. dependence on China's rare earth: Trade war vulnerability - Yosemite_Sam1Explorer
time2roll wrote:
Just get us out already. Let them fight their own battles.
EVs help with US energy independence.
Exactly!
And save lives of our servicemen and tons of taxpayers' money patrolling those hostile oil routes and seas. - Just get us out already. Let them fight their own battles.
EVs help with US energy independence. - ShinerBockExplorer
Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
ShinerBock wrote:
NJRVer wrote:
Obama didn't put troops in Syria to protect oil. Trump flat out said he was protecting the oil.
Obama put them there to protect people.
He wasn't protecting the oil, he was keeping it from the enemies hands that was using to fund their war. It is called strategy. We did not need oil from Syria at that time just like we do not need it now due to our own domestic production.
If Obama would not have pulled the troops out of Iraq too soon when he did(which allowed ISIS to expand) then he would not have had to send them to Syria to protect them. All those innocent people killed all because he wanted to fulfill a campaign promise even though everyone said it was not the best thing to do.
Another of your delusions?
"Keeping the oil out of enemies?" Who are they tell me?
Syria and Putin are friends to each other. And withdrawal of our troops made possible Russians getting and occupying our former bases and defensive lines? Unless you are saying now Syria and Putin are our friend too (or Trump's friend, which is more accurate).
It also weakened Kurds and made possible their slaughter. Do you know that Kurds are our friends and they were the only ones who pushed back ISIS?
Even your geo-political views sucks.
Asad. Before the civil war started, it accounted for 25% of Asad's funds in which he used to kill his own people. Asad is friends with Russia and Iran, not the Syrian fighters who are still against him. The oil in Syria is very poor quality and there is not enough of it to make even the slightest of impact. Syria accounts for less than .05% of the worlds production so it has no significance to the US. The only person or group it was important to was Asad.
Trump did not want Turkey to attack the Kurds which is why imposed sanctions on them when they did. However, I believe he made a mistake when he pulled the troops out of that region before shoring up peace with Turkey and the Kurds. Similar to how I believe Obama pulled the troops out of Iraq too soon which lead to the ISIS uprising that killed hundreds of thousands if not millions. - NJRVerExplorer
ShinerBock wrote:
.NJRVer wrote:
Obama didn't put troops in Syria to protect oil. Trump flat out said he was protecting the oil.
Obama put them there to protect people.
He wasn't protecting the oil, he was keeping it from the enemies hands that was using to fund their war
I'm not protecting my RV from being stolen, I'm just keeping it out of thieve's hands so they can't sell it.
ROFLMAO! - NJRVerExplorer
GeoBoy wrote:
NJRVer wrote:
Obama didn't put troops in Syria to protect oil. Trump flat out said he was protecting the oil.
Obama put them there to protect people.
Trump put troops in to protect the oil, so ISIS couldn’t get the oil to fund their terrorism.
Get the facts straight.
Apparently you can't read.
Me: Trump flat out said he was protecting the oil
You: Trump put troops in to protect the oil
So what "facts" did I not get "straight" ? - Yosemite_Sam1Explorer
ShinerBock wrote:
NJRVer wrote:
Obama didn't put troops in Syria to protect oil. Trump flat out said he was protecting the oil.
Obama put them there to protect people.
He wasn't protecting the oil, he was keeping it from the enemies hands that was using to fund their war. It is called strategy. We did not need oil from Syria at that time just like we do not need it now due to our own domestic production.
If Obama would not have pulled the troops out of Iraq too soon when he did(which allowed ISIS to expand) then he would not have had to send them to Syria to protect them. All those innocent people killed all because he wanted to fulfill a campaign promise even though everyone said it was not the best thing to do.
Another of your delusions?
"Keeping the oil out of enemies?" Who are they tell me?
Syria and Putin are friends to each other. And withdrawal of our troops made possible Russians getting and occupying our former bases and defensive lines? Unless you are saying now Syria and Putin are our friend too (or Trump's friend, which is more accurate).
If Syria or Russia are the enemies, why the heck we gave them these territories, bases and defensive lines?
It also weakened Kurds and made possible their slaughter. Do you know that Kurds are our friends and they were the only ones who pushed back ISIS?
Even your geo-political views sucks. - ShinerBockExplorer
NJRVer wrote:
Obama didn't put troops in Syria to protect oil. Trump flat out said he was protecting the oil.
Obama put them there to protect people.
He wasn't protecting the oil, he was keeping it from the enemies hands that was using to fund their war. It is called strategy. We did not need oil from Syria at that time just like we do not need it now due to our own domestic production.
If Obama would not have pulled the troops out of Iraq too soon when he did(which allowed ISIS to expand) then he would not have had to send them to Syria to protect them. All those innocent people killed all because he wanted to fulfill a campaign promise even though everyone said it was not the best thing to do. - Yosemite_Sam1Explorer
GeoBoy wrote:
NJRVer wrote:
Trump put troops in to protect the oil, so ISIS couldn’t get the oil to fund their terrorism.
Get the facts straight.
What??? And I thought ISIS is already totally defeated???
They couldn't even make their lies straight.:?
Which is which?
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