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Worldly

Take the oil

Worldly

Vox Media Podcast Network

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Zack, Jenn, and Alex talk about Trump’s new Syria policy — sending US troops to protect oil fields and potentially selling the oil to the highest bidder. It’s a really bad idea! Hosts: Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp), senior correspondent, Vox Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox), national security reporter, Vox More to explore: Subscribe for free to Today, Explained, Vox’s daily news podcast to help you understand the news, hosted by Sean Rameswaram. About Vox: Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Newsletter: Vox Sentences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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That is not how the US-led international order is operated.

1:29.4

It's been pretty clear that this has been against international law for a long time.

1:33.7

And yet, as of at least this Sunday, it appears that official American foreign policy

1:39.3

as it relates to Syria is to invade the country and take their oil. The president said this in a speech and

1:47.1

the rest of the foreign policy apparatus is shocked trying to figure out what the

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