I am not aware of stealing oil from anybody in the past despite brain-dead chants of street trash and statist muppets in the MFM spew out their demonic mouths...
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-sets-third-base-oil-gas-rich-syrian-province...I guess when DemoCommies do it it is not stealing but liberating or some such dreck...
...almost 100% certain it is designed as an FU to Russia and the Chi-Coms who want to play in this park with the other kids...
How much ya wanna bet the Big Guy is getting his cut?