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President Obama said today he is prepared to send up to 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq to assist in training and advising Iraqi forces as the tense situation in the country continues to escalate.
In a statement in the White House briefing room, Obama said the U.S. is prepared to create joint operation centers between the U.S. and Iraq in Baghdad and northern Iraq.
The president also said the U.S. is taking steps so that it's "prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine the situation on the ground requires it." The president said he would consult closely with Congress and leaders in Iraq before any decision is made.
Obama said Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to the Middle East and Europe where he will talk about the situation in Iraq.
The president reiterated his pledge to not send combat boots back into Iraq.
"We always have to guard against mission creep," the president said. "American combat troops are not going to be fighting in Iraq again."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-send-300-us-military-advisers-iraq/story?id=24212956
Love that quote, "We always have to guard against mission creep" as he announces the creeping mission.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)This is going to be as bad as the endless war in Syria!
morningfog
(18,115 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Just wondering how much hair to light on fire.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)I am against any US military involvement. We are up to 575 US military personnel plus strikes on deck. Obama himself said that the US is prepared to take targeted and precise military action in Iraq. I am against that. I am against it 100%.
You?
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Freak out at first sign of anything that could possibly be construed as awful ... nope.
Kind of like the Syria thing ... much of DU freaks out, then nothing actually happened. Its been kind of a pattern.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Another clusterfuck 50 years ago.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Exposethefrauds
(531 posts)In 1950 Pres Truman sent them but they were not the first either post WWII we had advisors there when the French were getting their butts kicked, one even got killed in 48.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Works every time.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Technically speaking they are in the US and will defend US territory. I know, I get it, this is way too much nuance here