Soleimani had one great gift: he understood the Obama Administration . . . China takes about 40% of the oil that goes through the Strait of Hormuz.
https://amgreatness.com/2020/01/05/what-is-the-middle-east-in-the-middle-of-anymore/
France's Counterterrorism Efforts in West Africa and the Sahel with Michael Shurkin
Is the Trump Administration trying to find an exit, or rather to change our posture in the Middle East? It’s trying to collapse all the reasons we’ve been there for 70 years down to a smaller footprint. Those currently dependent on Middle Eastern oil are primarily China and the EU. Why do we still have troops there? Because we don't want the oil wealth to accumulate in hands that will create a nuclear bomb; and we don't want to create a platform for the likes of Black September, or the later al Q and ISIS.
Soleimani had one great gift: he understood the Obama Administration . . . China takes about 40% of the oil that goes through the Strait of Hormuz. https://amgreatness.com/2020/01/05/what-is-the-middle-east-in-the-middle-of-anymore/
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