What did ISIS pay for? The stole the production they are selling.
A few well placed bombs would keep that oil from ever getting to market and deprive them of millions a day, even at fire-sale prices.
There's enough slack in the market now to do it without anyone being any worse off than they were a couple of months ago, too.
Great point.
Well, yes, they stole it. They took over the oil fields. But they still have a cost in getting it out of the ground. That was my point or part of it.