...they would tell you that you plan will fail for the same reasons I did.
Well that's just it... you haven't really told me why that plan will fail. You simply intimated it couldn't be done and it would fail because you think it would. Then you lamented how it would upset people and make them angry at us. Seems like such a futile loser of a plan would make them jubilant.
In fact, everything suggested, you simply stomp your feet and demand that "IT CAN'T BE DONE!" So.......... are we supposed to throw up our hands and resign ourselves to living with the abhorrent atrocities committed by ISIS from now on? You're not suggesting ANY kind of plan or solution.
Actually, I DID tell you why it would fail, but if you need a refresher, here it is.......................
Oil comes from the ground in things called "wells" that are an integral part of the country that they are drilled in.
If you wish to make the oil yours, you must take over the well, ensure that you have enough firepower to defend it from those you took it from, and figure out how to have a safe passage for the oil that you're "liberating" from the locals.
Oh yeah.................you've also got to have the firepower to defend those wells, and be willing to stay there until the wells are used up.
Why? Because the people you invaded are pissed that you're taking their oil and messing with their wealth.
No.................it can't be done without a whole bunch of money and manpower that would far dwarf the benefit we MIGHT get from taking over those wells.
Again I ask..................how many years and in what branch of the military did you serve?
IT CAN BE DONE... with minimal fire power and minimal troops. Money is not an issue, oil is very valuable.
The benefit is, we starve ISIS to death... they have no source of funding other than the oil. That will effectively eliminate any threat they pose. No oil = No ISIS Jihad. And of course they wouldn't like it none too much.... I don't care about what they like.
Okay rockstar......................tell us, because you said you knew......................how many troops should we send (you said minimal fire power and minimal troops), and you said that money isn't an issue.
What if the price of oil drops from it's current price to 20 bucks a barrel? It's not very valuable if the bottom drops out on the market.
And no.....................I'm sure that ISIL has another way of surviving other than oil, but then again, short sighted war mongering idiots who wish they had served seems to think they have the solution.
Tell ya what...............sit back and let those who know about such things discuss them.