One of the recurring themes of Donald Trump’s national security strategy is his plan to “take the oil” in Iraq and from areas controlled by Islamic State (Isis) extremists. The Iraqis he said “have among the largest oil reserves in the world, in the entire world”. “In Iraq, most of the Iraq oil reserves are in the far south, around the Persian Gulf. When he says “take the oil”, Trump clearly has the reserves in mind. “There is no physical way you can take oil reserves any faster than you can pump the oil,” Cordesman said.

Source: The Guardian September 21, 2016 09:56 UTC