Big Oil, Qataris, Saudis Lick Lips As US Fights ISIS By Bombing Syrian PipelinesBrandon Turbeville While logically fallacious, the rationale offered to the American public remains that ISIS is making millions of dollars per day via the sale of the oil taken from the fields in its possession on the black market to a number of different states. Yet, while the U.S. media does not bother to explain just how ISIS manages to extract, refine, and ship the oil, or how it is able to procure deals, and complete their transactions outside of the knowledge of Western militaries, governments, and intelligence agencies to the tune of $2 million per day, these outlets do provide the solution bomb the oil pipelines belonging to Bashar al-Assad. Of course, while it is most likely true that ISIS is using their commandeered oil sites to support themselves on a number of fronts, and even attempting (with some success) to sell that oil, the idea that ISIS is somehow able to evade the most sophisticated monitoring network in the entire world during the process of obtaining, refining, selling, and delivering oil across the region is entirely unbelievable. Indeed, it is about as believable as the claim that ISIS was able to seize such large swaths of territory across Syria and Iraq without the knowledge of the United States and NATO. Regardless, it must be pointed out that, among the countries listed as hosting ISIS customers by mainstream outlets like CNN, Turkey and Jordan are at the top of the list, both close American allies and one a member of NATO. Even more interesting is the fact that ISIS has also allegedly sold black market oil to buyers in a number of EU member states. Still, this newly-formed ISIS oil company is now claimed to be one of the US primary concerns by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian affairs, Julieta Valls Noyes, during her recent trip to London. As usual, the U.S. response to its concerns involves the possibility of airstrikes. Of course, having crossed the boundaries of sanity and logic a long time ago, the United States and its media mouthpieces are now pushing the fantasy that Bashar Al-Assad is one of the buyers of ISIS oil. In other words, NATO and the U.S. in particular are trying to convince the general public that Bashar al-Assad, who has been fighting ISIS and related terror organizations for at least 4 years, is now buying oil from ISIS in order to fight ISIS. Therefore, according to the American government, the U.S. must fight ISIS by blowing up the oil pipelines that rightfully belong to Assad so ISIS does not fund itself by selling oil to Assad. Of course, this is not merely staggering logic. It is a lie. It is nothing more than a cover to mask the true nature of the funding of ISIS and other takfiri militants operating in Iraq and Syria, namely that the funding is coming from the United States, NATO, and the GCC. Like the ridiculous claims that ISIS was funding itself entirely through secretive private Twitter donations, the oil sales argument is one that should be taken with a healthy dose of salt. After all, mainstream outlets are also asserting that ISIS is selling some of this oil to the Syrian government, a lose-win-lose situation for both sides and a rather poor attempt to portray Assad as an ally of ISIS. In reality, it should always be remembered that ISIS is entirely a creation of the West and that it remains fundamentally under the control of NATO and the GCC. Another relevant piece of the puzzle that must be kept in mind is the coveted Qatari oil pipeline desired by both Qatar and the United States. This pipeline would run up from Qatar through Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey and, from there, on to the rest of Europe. The establishment of this pipeline would have provided for a much-needed backup plan for Europe that is currently dependent on Russia for much of its supply. Remember, it was in 2009 that Assad nixed the plan for the development of this pipeline. In lieu of the Qatari deal, Assad began negotiating a deal with Iran that would have seen a pipeline built across Iraq and Syria that also would have provided gas to Europe. As Nafeez Ahmed wrote for The Guardian in 2013, The Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline plan was a direct slap in the face to Qatars plans. No wonder Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, in a failed attempt to bribe Russia to switch sides, told President Vladmir Putin that whatever regime comes after Assad, it will be completely in Saudi Arabias hands and will not sign any agreement allowing any Gulf country to transport its gas across Syria to Europe and compete with Russian gas exports, according to diplomatic sources. When Putin refused, the Prince vowed military action. With this in mind, one can clearly see the incentive that Western governments would have in the destruction not only of the potential Iran-Iraq-Syria oil/gas pipeline but also of the existing oil and gas pipeline infrastructure that currently exists. A bombing of Syrias oil pipelines would subsequently allow the Qataris to rebuild the infrastructure that its allies destroyed and, as a result, weaken Russia even further on the geopolitical grand chessboard. Lastly, it should not be forgotten that the destruction of Syrias oil and gas infrastructure weakens the Syrian governments forces. Remember, in instances where the United States has bombed Syrian oil refineries so far, SAA forces were poised to move in to retake control of the oil refineries managed by terrorists funded by Western powers, but the United States initiated airstrikes just in the nick of time to deprive SAA forces of the opportunity to seize some of the oil refinery infrastructure it desperately needs. It is also important to note that virtually none of the infrastructure being destroyed by the United States airstrikes was built by ISIS. It was built by the Syrian government. The reality of the bombing campaign is that the United States and its allies are destroying important regions of Syria and leaving nothing of real value for the Syrian military to retake after its long-fought battles against ISIS. In the end, the latest claims presenting ISIS as impenetrable in its secrecy and daunting in its war and financial strategy is nothing more than pure propaganda. It is nothing more than a justification designed to goad the American people into continued complacency in the face of further US military intervention in Syria and the open assault on the Syrian government. Unfortunately, this has become a task which is far too easy. Recently from Brandon Turbeville: Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He has a Bachelors Degree from Francis Marion University and is the author of six books, Codex Alimentarius The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies,Five Sense Solutionsand Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1 and volume 2, and The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria.Turbeville has published over 300 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbevilles podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com. Im all for the bombing! The U.S. is now the oil giant of the world; but by fracking, we are poluting the underground water farmers use for their crops; so we are going to be eating oilent green. Im all for the bombing!= Im all for the mindless killing of civilians in the name of greed FU A few points here. First, an oil pipeline provides benefit on both ends; the sellers of oil and the buyers of oil. Clearly America wants to hurt Syria, but I wonder what Americas plan is to compensate the innocent buyers of the oil that lose their supply line? Second, making the destruction of oil pipelines a legitimate target for America to punish oil producers that disobey America, opens the door for ANY oil producing country to use phantom terrorists to control the supply of oil. Third, the increased risk to the supply of oil by bombing pipelines would increase the price of oil in general, allowing ANY oil producer that is unhappy with Saudi Arabias suppression of oil prices to reverse the current decline of oil prices. Americas oil pipeline bombing plan can only have the effect of raising oil prices around the world, making the American fracking miracle more profitable and to hell with everyone else.. This is the first article by Brandon Turbeville which has a bit of truth in it, mixed with the usual defence of dictators like Bashar and Putin. The details of IS oil enterprise should be made public. yr blind right __ Best world dictators ever, the BushCheneyRumsfeld team of war criminals even legalizing torture, spreading terrorism How is Putin a dictator? I think comments that say he is one are just repeating western propaganda. Excellent article by BT __ proving again that war is a racket as explained by Smedly Butler Por cierta informacin que recib, acaso fidedigna, quieren no solo resolver el problema del suministro de gas a Europa etc., sino, poder transportar el petrleo de la regin, una vez robado hablo de U.S.A y sus secuaces de modo ms econmico y directo, a travs del Mediterrneo abasteciendo Europa y de ah derecho a Texas por el Atlntico. 