Obama: U.S. Prepared to Take 'Targeted' (Military) Action in Iraq

President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States is prepared to take “targeted and precise” military action against Islamist militants in Iraq, but he pledged that American forces “will not be returning to combat.”

He said the United States is prepared to send as many as 300 American military advisers to train, advise and support Iraqi security forces. He said that the fate of Iraq hangs in the balance.

Still, the president said: “American forces will not be returning to combat in Iraq, but we will help Iraqis as they take the fight to terrorists.”

“We do not have the ability to simply solve this problem by sending in tens of thousands of troops and committing the kinds of blood and treasure that has already been expended in Iraq,” Obama said. “Ultimately, this is something that is going to have to be solved by Iraqis.”

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/iraq-turmoil/obama-u-s-prepared-take-targeted-action-iraq-n135621

If you are keeping score at home, we are up to 275 "combat-ready" troops to defend the city-embassy, 300 "military advisers" and "targeted and precise" military strikes. Welcome to the Third Iraq War. Obama owns this mistake from this day forward.