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U.S. military considering sending more troops to Iraq
AP via mynews13.com ^ | Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 2:18 PM | Lolita C. Baldor, Lara Jakes

Posted on 08/20/2014 11:31:14 AM PDT by GonzoII

WASHINGTON --

U.S. officials say military planners are weighing the possibility of sending more American forces to Iraq mainly to provide additional security around Baghdad.

A senior U.S. official says the number of troops currently under discussion would be fewer than 300, but there has been no final decision yet by Pentagon leaders.

The talks come as American fighter jets and drones conducted nearly a dozen airstrikes in Iraq since Tuesday when Islamic State militants threatened to kill a second American captive in retribution for any continued attacks.

A U.S. official says the strikes came in the hours after militants released a gruesome video Tuesday showing U.S. journalist James Foley being beheaded.

(Excerpt) Read more at mynews13.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis

1 posted on 08/20/2014 11:31:14 AM PDT by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

“Here we go down that wrong road again,
Back to a place we already been....”


2 posted on 08/20/2014 11:33:23 AM PDT by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
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To: GonzoII

This is impossible because His Highness, King Barack returned all troops from the Bad War in Iraq.


3 posted on 08/20/2014 11:35:28 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FReerepublic: Bring a FRiend!)
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To: GonzoII
Yeah, a little at a time, and limit their roles - we could call this new policy "escalation". It worked in Vietnam, didn't it?

Oh.

4 posted on 08/20/2014 11:37:20 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: GonzoII
Didn't go well at Thermopylae - will not go well for the US 300 either...


5 posted on 08/20/2014 11:42:19 AM PDT by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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To: BCW

B. Hussein Obama, COMMANDER IN CHIEF of all US Military Forces, will continue to lead his Generals and Admirals to continued defeat, thus helping to fulfill Obama’s pledge to “Fundamentally transform the United States of America.”


6 posted on 08/20/2014 11:45:47 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: Graewoulf

This is why he preemptively got the Nobel Peace Prize - destroying the US!


7 posted on 08/20/2014 11:47:39 AM PDT by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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To: BCW

And our sorry RINOs in the US House approved of every dime Obama asked for to do it.


8 posted on 08/20/2014 11:54:06 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: alloysteel

Definition of insanity...


9 posted on 08/20/2014 11:56:54 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: GonzoII

Maybe they can build a golf course so Obama will actually care.


10 posted on 08/20/2014 12:07:42 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: GonzoII

...to be murdered.


11 posted on 08/20/2014 1:15:00 PM PDT by onedoug
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