I get the idea that war is becoming so profitable that oil is secondary.

You giving up plastic are ya?

Let's just give that up.

Why wage war when there are other sources?

ISIS/ISIL was ignored until they took Iraqi oil fields.

Up until that time, ISIS/ISIL was Assad's and by virtue of being a client state, Putin's problem.

How would you feel about the Cliven Bundy supporters getting their hands on Oil money?

...if it weren't for GWB, Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc.

Also have to wonder, if the Iraqi border with Syria was purposely left with troops who weren't ready.

you have to play the hand your dealt....

Its always a knee jerk reaction around here.

You have radical crazy Islamic Fundamentalists! Bomb them!!!!111111 Because USA! USA!

Starve them financially? No.

Targeted Assassinations? No.

I could go on...but why bother.

you are about to find yourself on the wrong side of history.....

And UAE reportedly flew planes on the mission? The other 48 were sort of missing in action.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates participated in or supported the strikes against Islamic State targets, U.S. Central Command said. The countries are hostile to Assad but now fear the fighters who emerged from the rebellion they backed in Syria's 3-year-old civil war.

It is about the MIC, and keeping them well fed. And keeping us distracted and scared.

As soon as there was serious talk about decreasing the military budget, and clearing out of the Middle East, guess what happened?

And no, I don't think Obama has been driving this.

The War Machine is hungry and WILL feed on us, them or anyone else it can.

This is EXACTLY what Eisenhower warned us about.