The real story of the U.S. occupation of Syria: The historical, political, and geostrategic context

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Mar 8, 2021
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Imperialism and War Middle East

In this episode episode of The Socialist Program, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it, PSL co-founder and Central Committee member Brian Becker gets beneath the tweets and headlines to suss out the real reason the U.S. continues to occupy vast swaths of Syrian territory.

Becker dissects the reasons for the US military occupation in yria and analyzes the objectives and strategies of U.S. imperialism in Syria, and its wars against Iraq and Libya. Becker examines in detail ow the Pentagon completely dominates U.S. policy in the region and eviews how and why U.S. strategy in the Middle East dramatically hifted during the past 30 years.

The people of the United States heard that Biden bombed Syria last week just as Trump bombed Syria in the early days of his administration. But they don’t have a clue that U.S. are troops are occupying the oil-rich parts of Syria. This episode of The Socialist Program explains why.

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The sordid history of US intervention in Iran

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This article was originally published by Liberation News on June 26, 2025. The U.S. state has a history of interventions against Iran to set up a pliant regime for imperialist ends. For 26 years the U.S. actually ruled that country. An examination of the period...

The sordid history of US intervention in Iran

The sordid history of US intervention in Iran

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This article was originally published by Liberation News on June 26, 2025. The U.S. state has a history of interventions against Iran to set up a pliant regime for imperialist ends. For 26 years the U.S. actually ruled that country. An examination of the period...

The sordid history of US intervention in Iran

The sordid history of US intervention in Iran

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This article was originally published by Liberation News on June 26, 2025. The U.S. state has a history of interventions against Iran to set up a pliant regime for imperialist ends. For 26 years the U.S. actually ruled that country. An examination of the period...