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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Standoff: U.S. troops block Russian forces from capturing Syrian oil field

U.S. troops last weekend reportedly found themselves in a standoff with Russian forces trying to gain access to key oil fields in northeastern Syria.

The Saturday standoff — first reported by Turkish media outlets, citing unnamed local officials in the Turkey-Syria border region — seems to have ended without any shots being fired or any real risk of violence between the two sides. American military personnel reportedly stopped a Russian convoy near the town of Rmelan, and the Russian forces then apparently turned back and returned to their home base.

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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ahhh
The REAL reason for military actions in Syria

And we thought they “cared about the Syrian people”

Lol

Anonymous said...


"..And we thought they “cared about the Syrian people”


Yeah, that Russian caravan to the oil fields really told the tale, didn't it?


Anonymous said...

Wrong 11:26, you're not current on the United States' energy resources. U.S. is the number one oil producer in the world now. We don't need any foreign oil now

Anonymous said...

Northwest Woodsman: Now if Barrak Mugabi was still in office, things would have ended differently. The Russians would have the oil fields and a lifetime of peace would have been declared.

Anonymous said...

Any celebration about FRACKING will be short lived.
The fracking companies are bankrupt.
They are also destroying the water tables and causing earthquakes.

Real smart don’t you think?

Anonymous said...

America should seize & keep it !!!!

Anonymous said...

457
America should kill these people?
You aren't talking about YOU and ME, so WHO are you talking about?
Who is America?

Do you mean, the United States Government should do this, or do that?
It is. The US Government is a well oiled machine that kills people and steals natural resources from every other Country in the world. It is the greatest threat to world peace. It has attacked more Countries than any other Nation in history. Yes, that is real. It has amassed the largest, most complex and technically advanced killing machine (Military) in the history of the world.

Don't cheer for that evil Empire that steals your hard earned wages and vaccinates your children.
Wake up and educate yourself.

Anonymous said...

4:57, So are you saying it's ok for the government and LEO to kick your doors in and 'seize and keep'your guns,valuables and anything else they consider 'contraband'? Or it's only ok in foreign sovereign countries that we are illegally occupying and committing war crimes?

Anonymous said...

The last time they tried this, we literally slaughtered hundreds of them. Russia and Putin fumed. But,
The troops weren’t really there officially so they just disappeared.
Hmmm, Communists just disappearing. Kinda like the smell of napalm in the morning.

LastMohican said...

Don't cheer for that evil Empire that steals your hard earned wages and vaccinates your children.
Wake up and educate yourself.

January 22, 2020 at 6:19 PM

Yes, we WILL cheer for this GREAT NATION. Name a country that doesn't have taxes. Yes, I'm glad I was vaccinated as a child. I didn't get smallpox or polio.

I sure hope for your sake you're not one of those goat humpers suggesting WE get educated.

Anonymous said...

As the Russians use American built bases in Syria.
They should thank the Donald