But I always said: Take the oil.”Trump said that it would have required leaving only “a certain group behind” to pump Iraq’s oil and that doing so would have prevented the rise of Islamic State. “‘Barbaric’ would be more apt.”“It basically aligns him with the views of Stalin after World War II,” he added. Starting last fall, the U.S. military stepped up attacks on the militants’ oil wellheads, oil and gas separation plants, and tanker trucks, mainly in oil-rich eastern Syria. The Pentagon is calling the bombing campaign against the oil installations Operation Tidal Wave II, named for the American daylight bombing raid on heavily defended Nazi-controlled oil refineries around Ploiesti, Romania, during World War II. Caption Trump comments on the military Trump comments on the military Trump comments on the militarynoah.bierman@latimes.comTwitter: @noahbierman'What is Aleppo?

Source: Los Angeles Times September 09, 2016 18:29 UTC