Quote:First this is just a complete theory of something that MIGHT be possibly going on in the background. ISIL we all know is mainly funding their operations in the middle east through the oil being sold on the black market. However this oil is still tied to the price of oil being sold everywhere else. 

 

Since about mid-summer we've seen a steady decline in the price of oil, I had first thought it was just business as usual elections coming up of course prices are down. But now I'm thinking maybe there's more to it then that, are we seeing a purposeful devaluing of oil by  OPEC and the Western Powers to devalue ISIL's ability to sell oil and fund their operations? 

 

If you think about it, it's actually a brilliant strategy if that's what we are doing. You don't want to burn their oil fields because that would only drive the cost of oil up eliminating that much from the global market place. But if they take a temporary set back (not even a loss) they directly effect ISIL's ability to generate income to continue their trouble making in the middle east. 

 

Maybe the idea is to financially starve them out for a little while then hit them hard when they're running dry? Just a thought.