Are you dense?
Then turn it over to the Syrians. It's their country, which makes it their oil. Who exactly are we protecting it from?
Me: Why in the hell would we let the Russians have the oil.
DD: Then turn it over to the Syrians. It’s their country, which makes it their oil. Who exactly are we protecting it from?
Me: It is the oil that ISIS used to prop up their Caliphate. We will not allow them to gain access.
Syria had their chance. They failed, as did their incompetent Russian allies.