First Images And Videos Of US Troops 'Seizing And Protecting' Syria's Oil Fields Stirs Outrage

Zero Hedge: First Images Of US Troops Occupying Syria's Oil Fields Stir Outrage

The reality of American foreign policy all in one stunning image: regional Iraqi Kurdistan24 television has broadcast the first footage of the United States Army seizing and 'protecting' a Syrian oil field in the country's northeast.

Specifically the images are of a US armed convoy at Rumelan oil field, and are the first to show Trump's ordered "secure the oil" policy in action. A Salon op-ed aptly quips in reaction: "It’s about the oil, stupid: Trump wants to end the forever wars, except the one about oil and money."

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WNU Editor: The US is definitely sending the signal that they do not care about the "optics" anymore.