The US really doesn't want their oil they just don't want anyone else having it. The US just announced the other day it will become the largest distributor of oil on the market therefore we have plenty. Whoever has control of the oil in the ME becomes the dominate player and if that player happens to be terrorist then it's in the wrong hands because it's the oil that enables them to finance weapons. In Syria the US currently holds the most valuable real estate, land that oil fields are on, so until the situation there works itself out somehow whereas the government stabilizes I don't see them pulling out anytime soon.
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Think about the audacity of that, the US openly admits to holding land of a foreign nation against the explicit wishes of that country. And to add to it you are also arming the jihadists in Syria. You call them rebels because you know a western public would never understand how the US could arm the same minded people like the 911 hijackers, jihadists types. Also arming jihadists at this moment would constitute treason as they are undoubtedly the enemy. So calling them rebels is an intentional mislabelling aka verbal gymnastics eg like calling torture enhanced interrogation.
I call the rebels because Assad has labeled them rebels. Rebels against his rule would be my guess as to why he's gone to calling them that. Then there's the Kurds who Turkey has labeled as terrorist and US as part of their coalition fighting ISIS terrorist. I don't see you going on and on about Turkey going into Syria to cause conflict with the Kurds. Half of whats wrong over there is one group hating on another internally...just think if every country in the world operated without regard or protections in place to guarantee liberty for everyone....there'd be no place safe and the world would be a mess. Granted it doesn't excuse interventionist practices but that's part of the point, those practices keep that hate in check and keeps it from growing. I don't have a magic answer and if anybody else did we'd be able to solve the problems.
The libertarians foreign policy is of non intervention ....their immigration policy is that of free entry to anyone who wants to come in. Do you not see how this could not cause internal security issues ?