Home › Pentagon claims it will use lethal force to prevent Syrian gov’t from accessing Syrian oil Pentagon claims it will use lethal force to prevent Syrian gov’t from accessing Syrian oil November 9, 2019 S. SmithUncategorized Stripped of all the “we’re fighting terrorism” talk, the U.S. is behaving just like every other empire in history: invade a sovereign nation, attempt to topple its government, steal it’s natural resources.