Pres. Obama has made that promise from the beginning of the horror that the world has called IS/ISIL/ISIS…..a promise that he has violated on several occasions….he has sent troops in incrementally for at least 2 years…..and he has once again broken his promise……
The US will be sending an unspecified number of special operations troops to Iraq to “put even more pressure” on ISIS in both Iraq and Syria, NBC News reports. “These special operators will over time be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, and capture [ISIS] leaders,” CNN quotes Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who made the announcement Tuesday. According to NBC, the “specialized expeditionary targeting force” will work with the Iraqi government to conduct unilateral operations in Syria, though it may also conduct operations within Iraq without notifying its government first. “We are acting to defeat [ISIS] at its core,” Carter says. “We’re going to win.” Officials say the force won’t include “large numbers” of troops.
Republicans have been critical of Obama’s actions against ISIS, with one GOP lawmaker calling them “lackadaisical” during Carter’s announcement Tuesday, Politico reports. And Jeb Bush—while supportive of sending special operations troops to Iraq—says the move doesn’t go far enough. “American special operators bring a unique suite of capabilities that make them force multipliers,” Carter says. “Where we find further opportunity to leverage such capability, we will be prepared to expand it.” He says that while the US isn’t technically at war, “it has that kind of gravity.” The new special operations forces being sent to Iraq are in addition to the up to 50 Obama authorized in October, according to CNN. And NBC quotes one official who says it “cracks open the door” for combat operations in Syria.
Let us be clear……special ops troops are by definition…..combat troops.
The president’s actions have all the earmarks of the Vietnam War beginnings……only a matter of time before the US is engaged in all out fighting on a massive scale….
How long will it be before the blood begins to flow more so than today? And how long before the American body count starts up…..yet again?
But we have Obama’s word that there will be NO combat troops used to fight ISIS.
Turn The Page!
I thought this good as I have experienced it before teaching in a rather ‘rough’ school ,years ago in…. not the best part of London……has a lot of truth in it….
ISIL is really a revolt by young Muslims against their parents’ generation
http://qz.com/562128
I suppose, though I admit to some trepidation in bringing something so obvious to light, this means that stupidity is hereditary?
Seems clear to me….
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gigoid, the dubious
Or. perhaps. it is merely contagious….
gigoid
Does it run in your family as well?
grin
seems clear to me ….
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I’m pretty certain by now that stupidity is an ingrained part of ALL human families (and, yes, I can point to examples in my own….). Though possibly improperly personal, I would not hesitate for ANY of us, myself included, to look for the proof within their own family relations. I have absolutely NO doubt that everyone alive has at least one relative, if not many, including offspring, who have displayed such mundane stupid in their lives. We only need to look at our own families to find proof
The world’s supply of stupid is now at full, and still climbing….
gigoid, the dubious
I wish I could disagree but alas…..there is always one, huh? chuq
Aye, and, all-too-often, that one is the only one ADMITTED to…. think about what Georgie C. said, “Imagine how stupid the average person is. Now, remember at least half of them are stupider than that.”
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LOL…a truer statement has never been uttered….chuq
King Obama does as he pleases – as long as it gets him in front of the camera.
That is any politician…..not one of the candidates if elected will do any different….war=profits and that is the only important fact…..chuq
So exactly what is the point of any of it?
How to fill time…….
Best get on with spending the last years of one’s life not giving a hoot ’bout nothing…
except being grateful for living in a peaceful part of the world…….and minding my own business. 🙂
THere is more…..I will enlighten all alter….chuq
I … of course … beleive now and have always believed that “Broken Promises” are actually no more nor less than “Lies” and given the track record of this Administration and its lackeys I am more convinced than ever that is exactly what “Broken Promises” are — lies!
They are politicians of course they lie that is how we elect them……no matter which side you want to play on….lies are lies…..the voter chooses the lies they want to believe….
AGHREED!