Turkey, Kurds & Crude Influences

Putin is trying to suggest that the Turkish Government is, by their purchasing of confiscated Iraqi Crude Oil, directly funding ISIS however, he’s neglecting to disclose Russia’s own involvement in the very same scam.

Pipelines carrying both Crude Oil & Natural Gas traverse the entire region with the key  lines (for this specific point), coursing their way ultimately into Turkey or thru Syria and on to their terminals on their Mediterranean coast (or in the case of Turkey, to their own refineries or their re-sale facilities which market energy stock to the E.U.). Do note that many of these pipelines originate in Syria, Iraq and Iran. The problem, for both Russia and Turkey, is that a pipeline out of Iraq (to Turkey) runs thru an area now fully controlled by the Kurds while the other, coming from Iran, is being threatened by both the Kurds and other Insurgent elements.

Russia finds itself in a serious quandary; it needs to assist the Assad Regime’s control of its energy production and delivery system in order to keep funds flowing into Syria while at the same time assist Iran’s movement (to market) of its stock. And so while Russia attempts to gain public sympathy over their loss of an aircraft and part of its flight crew, Putin conveniently neglects to tell the entire story; they’re both burning either end of the same candle.

Solution: Bombing Oil Wells and Natural gas “ports” is just plain idiotic.  What should be done is to secure control of the Iraqi Crude/NG infrastructure, quarantine these sites and turn them over to the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers for operational management; send the stock to market giving 30 percent of the net revenues to Iraq, 40 percent to a Benefits Trust for Combat Vets/Families and the balance to the U.S. Taxpayer by way of domestic infrastructure rebuilding fund inaccessible to Congress, but for that specific purpose.

Curtis C. Greco, Founder

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