Why is the US interfering in Syria?

Why is the US interfering in Syria?

Originally posted on quora.com.

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It’s not about chemical weapons.
It’s not about oil even.
It’s about the currency it is traded in.

IRAQ

2000.11 Saddam announces Iraq will only accept EUR as payment for its oil [1]
2001.09 World Trade Centre destruction
2002.11 Saddam invites UN weapons inspectors into the country [18]
2003.01 UN weapons inspectors didn’t find evidence of nuclear weapons in Iraq [18]
2003.01 Germany rules out Iraq invasion support [23]
2003.01 France joins Germany in opposing Iraq invasion [26]
2003.02 Europeans oppose Iraq invasion [27]
2003.03 US, UK and Australia invade Iraq [18]
2003.08 Public support for Iraq invasion plummets in the UK [25]
2004.03 Madrid train bombings [22]
2005.03 Italy plans Iraq pull out [28]
2005.07 London bombings [24]
2006.12 Saddam Hussein was executed and his hanging spread on the web

LIBYA

1999.08 Gaddafi announces plans for the African Development Bank, reviving the gold dinar as a single African currency [2]
2009.00 Gaddafi announces Libya only accepts gold-backed dinar for oil [3]
2011.02 Libyan Civil War starts [20]
2011.07 US declares Libyan rebels as government and releases $30b [21]
2011.10 US+NATO invade Libya [19]
2011.10 Gaddafi is beaten and shot to death, and his body publicly displayed for days in an industrial freezer

IRAN

2003.Q1 US starts work on operation TIRANNT (“Theater IRAN Near Term”) [4]
2005.01 Iran announces Oil Bourse in Kish trading in EUR and IRR [5]
2006.12 Security Council imposes sanctions on Iran for nuclear enrichment [8]
2007.05 Bush authorises CIA operations against Iran [6]
2007.09 Israel bombs Syria [17]
2007.12 Iran completed converting all oil exports to non-USD [5]
2008.02 Iranian Oil Bourse opens [5]
2009.00 UK starts planning covert action in Syria [11]
2009.02 Israel launches covert war against Iran [10]
2009.11 IAEA adopts resolution against Iran’s nuclear program [9]
2009.11 Lula welcomes Ahmadinejad to Brazil [7]
2010.05 US frustrates Iran-Turkey enriched fuel swap brokered by Brazil [12]
2011.00 US+UK start training opposition forces in Syria [11]
2011.03 Civil uprising starts in Syria [14]
2013.03 ŸThe BRICS announce plans for a BRICS Development Bank [13]
2013.06 Protests simultaneously hit the streets in Turkey and Brazil [15] [16]

[1] Foreign Exchange: Saddam Turns His Back on Greenbacks
[2] Gaddafi calls for United States of Africa
[3] Saving the world economy from Gaddafi
[4] The Pentagon Preps for Iran
[5] Iranian oil bourse
[6] Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran
[7] Lula takes risk in welcoming Ahmadinejad to Brazil
[8] URANIUM ENRICHMENT, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1737 (2006)
[9] Nuclear program of Iran
[10] Israel launches covert war against Iran  – Telegraph
[11] Syria intervention plan fueled by oil interests, not chemical weapon concern
[12] Turkey, Brazil seal deal on Iran nuclear fuel swap
[13] BRICS Development Bank
[14] Syrian civil war
[15] 2013 protests in Brazil
[16] 2013 protests in Turkey
[17] Why did Israel bomb Syria?
[18] 2003 invasion of Iraq
[19] 2011 military intervention in Libya
[20] Libyan civil war
[21] Libya Rebels Get Formal Backing, and $30 Billion
[22] 2004 Madrid train bombings
[23] Germany rules out Iraq war support
[24] 7 July 2005 London bombings
[25] Public support for Iraq war plummets
[26] EU allies unite against Iraq war
[27] Polls find Europeans oppose Iraq war
[28] Italy plans Iraq troop pull-out

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