{"id":48594,"date":"2019-09-22T07:02:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T12:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48594"},"modified":"2019-09-22T07:02:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T12:02:25","slug":"us-defends-your-freedom-by-using-troops-as-saudi-oil-security-guards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48594","title":{"rendered":"US Defends Your Freedom By Using Troops As Saudi Oil Security Guards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2019\/09\/22\/us-defends-your-freedom-by-using-troops-as-saudi-oil-security-guards\/\">US Defends Your Freedom By Using Troops As Saudi Oil Security\u00a0Guards<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/medium-13.jpg?fit=969%2C546&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve been lying awake at night terrified that the Pentagon might not send additional troops and armaments to defend oil corporations in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, I\u2019ve got some great news for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to an attack on Saudi Aramco oil infrastructure for which Houthi rebels in Yemen&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2019\/09\/14\/middleeast\/yemen-houthi-rebels-drone-attacks-saudi-aramco-intl\/index.html\">have taken credit<\/a>, the US government has responded in the only possible rational way: by blaming Iran and deploying troops to act as security guards for Middle Eastern oil companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn response to the kingdom\u2019s request, the president has approved the deployment of U.S. forces, which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense,\u201d Defense Secretary Mark Esper&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCPolitics\/status\/1175184247042146305\">informed the press yesterday<\/a>. \u201cWe will also work to accelerate the delivery of military equipment to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UAE to enhance their ability to defend themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So you can breathe easy, my friend. Freedom and democracy are safe once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCPolitics\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1083377873811984386\/EONbRz3x_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCPolitics\"><strong><\/strong><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCPolitics\/status\/1175184247042146305\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JUST IN: Pentagon to will deploy additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia: &#8220;In response to the Kingdom&#8217;s request, the president has approved the deployment of U.S. forces, which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of delusional, unpatriotic democracy haters like to argue that the US military doesn\u2019t actually defend the freedom of the American people, and that it isn\u2019t really used to defend freedom at all, and that it isn\u2019t even really used to defend any rules-based international order as sometimes claimed, and that even to use the word \u201cdefend\u201d to describe anything the US military does is inaccurate since it is consistently on the attacking and aggressing side of any given conflict&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Defends Your Freedom By Using Troops As Saudi Oil Security\u00a0Guards If you\u2019ve been lying awake at night terrified that the Pentagon might not send additional troops and armaments to defend oil corporations in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, I\u2019ve got some great news for you. 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