{"id":11542,"date":"2015-11-09T13:39:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T13:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11542"},"modified":"2015-11-09T13:39:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T13:39:31","slug":"take-the-oil-trump-says-how-sir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11542","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Take the oil,&#8217; Trump says; how, sir?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/large_article_im2557_Middleeastoilproduction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11543\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/large_article_im2557_Middleeastoilproduction-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"large_article_im2557_Middleeastoilproduction\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/large_article_im2557_Middleeastoilproduction-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/large_article_im2557_Middleeastoilproduction.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump said the following over the weekend &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, if you stop transportation, I mean, you\u2019re talking about the blood \u2013 the blood of the world and we\u2019re going to have to be very, very strong &#8230; We\u2019re going to have to take away the energy, the fuel, the money from ISIS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a position he&#8217;s stated several times while running for the Republican presidential nomination. I do not yet know the answer to this question: How does a President Trump (perish the thought) plan to &#8220;take away the energy&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic State is getting it from sources in the Middle East. It&#8217;s likely some form of black market transaction process. Or it could be done up front and in the open.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, Trump&#8217;s assertion that we must take the oil, seize control of it connotes a serious military involvement that the candidate &#8212; so far &#8212; has said would be a mistake. In the same conversation he had Sunday morning with ABC&#8217;s George Stephanopoulos, Trump described the Middle East as a &#8220;quagmire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I haven&#8217;t heard a politician <em>ever<\/em> suggest it is in the country&#8217;s best interests to\u00a0thrust our cherished young American men and women\u00a0into a quagmire.<\/p>\n<p>So &#8230; how would Trump propose to take that oil?<\/p>\n<p>Talk to us, Donald.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump said the following over the weekend &#8230; \u201cYou know, if you stop transportation, I mean, you\u2019re talking about the blood \u2013 the blood of the world and we\u2019re going to have to be very, very strong &#8230; We\u2019re going to have to take away the energy, the fuel, the money from ISIS.\u201d It&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11542\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Take the oil,&#8217; Trump says; how, sir?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12,13,14],"tags":[118,1424,1897,2348,2362,5590],"class_list":["post-11542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","category-military-news","category-national-news","category-political-news","tag-abc-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-george-stephanopoulos","tag-isis","tag-islamic-state","tag-middle-east-oil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11544,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11542\/revisions\/11544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}