ISIS, now threatening Baghdad and the Kurds, was funded for years by oil wealthy donors in Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
ISIS reportedly have a stream of steady income sources, from selling oil sometimes directly to the Assad regime.
The three U.S. allies have dual agendas in the war on terror. There, the threat of Iran, Assad, and the Sunni-Shiite sectarian.
The United States and Gulf countries have been secretly backing efforts by opposition rebels to destroy al-Qaeda's most extreme wing in Syria.
John McCain told CNN’s Crowley in January 2014. “Thank God for the Saudis, and Qatari friends,” for supporting forces fighting Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. ISIS is one of these forces. [The Atlantic]
It is the oil prices that support the Lawlessness. Let us reduce the price of oil to $80/Barrel. Can the FTC reduce buying oil on credit? Would that reduce the prices and wealth?.
Just a thought.
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