Big Stake in Syria War for the 1% and the 99%
The U.S. and its Gulf and NATO allies have been fighting a war of aggression against Syria for over five years . Plans to replace the Syrian government with one more subservient to the needs of U.S. corporate interests began well before that . The Pentagon has spent $41.1 billion in Syria since 2001, according to a study by Brown University. U.S allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar have funneled huge additional sums to ISIS and Al-Qaeda affiliated “rebels” in Syria since at least 2011. The Pentagon, prone to understating its footprint, admits to 2,000 uninvited soldiers currently stationed in Syria against the will of the Syrian people. The real number is likely more than twice that when one accounts for secret operatives, contractors, support operations and the like. Meanwhile, the U.S. currently occupies 30% of Syrian territory against the will of the Syrian people, including significant water, oil and natural gas reserves. As with Iraq, Libya and a long list of other wars