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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by evunveot on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:31PM (#15239894)
There's also the pipeline angle, which isn't a mainstream narrative, though I haven't noticed anyone trying to debunk it. Article by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.:

https://www.ecowatch.com/syria-another-pipeline-war-18821805...

Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by travmatt on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:45PM (#15240034)
This is what people mean by strategic interest. But trying to say the Syrian proxy war is over a pipeline is saying the tail is wagging the dog.