Probably was intentional on his part.
Posted on 09/11/2014 8:11:11 AM PDT by Rusty0604
NBC News Correspondent Richard Engel, reporting live from Kurdistan in northern Iraq Wednesday night, said U.S. troops are on the ground in Iraq and avoiding reporters.
"They are troops who are staying away from reporters, they are embedded with local fighters trying to guide in air strikes, gathering intelligence -- But, Engel added, "The rest of the strategy seemed incredibly fuzzy -- how there was going to be this international coalition that would lend its moral support of Sunni countries, that you would have to rebuild the Iraqi army, which has lost a tremendous amount of credibility so far; and that you would work with all of these local partners on the ground.
The problem is, there aren't many local partners:
There are some in northern Iraq, the Kurds. "But in Syria, there aren't any local partners; they're fictitious partners that he's talking about," Engel said.
"In Iraq, below where I am right now, there is the Iraqi army, which has disintegrated and has not been an effective partner right now." Moreover, Engel said the Sunni villages are afraid of the Iraqi army and don't want it to come into their villages, so America's "partner on the ground" in many cases is a reason that people support ISIS in the first place.
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0bama a liar?
< / redundancy >
The one thing that’s certain is that the MSM has been instructed on is precisely what they can report and how to report it. They know they are the unofficial propaganda arm of this administration.
Good post.
Fact: There are over a 1,000 American troops in Iraq.
Fact: They are all wearing boots.
Fact: They are all on the ground.
Question: Are they under some new “status of forces” agreement? The lack of which has been Obama’s reason for having to leave Iraq in the first place?
WHAT? Obama LIED again? Say it ain’t so!
Sounds like SOP for Special Ops to me.
It is well known that special operaters must be on the ground to find, select and laze targets. However the U.S. Obama Media Group continue to support the lie that there are no boots on the ground. As usual we only get the actual news from the UK.
American forces are on the ground here’: Kurds claim US commandos ARE fighting ISIS with them in northern Iraq, after Obama said no ‘combat troops’ would fight
| Updated: 15:25 EST, 2 September 2014
President Obama said a week ago that no US ‘combat troops’ would be fighting in Iraq
But Special Forces that looked like Americans were witnessed entering a combat zone near the Iraqi town of Zumar
Kurdish intelligence and military sources told the Daily Beast that German and American forces were on the ground fighting with them
Obama’s careful word-parsing could mean that Special Forces are ‘painting targets’ with lasers for airborne missiles
By David Martosko, Us Political Editor for MailOnline
If I were a ‘reporter in Iraq’ right now, I’d make darn sure I was very close to those boots on the ground.
The media is exactly that but I don’t see how thousands of “boots on the ground” can be concealed. Despite the media’s best efforts to protect Obama, it will soon become obvious that ground forces (no matter what you call them) are there in significant numbers.
The best thing would have been to acknowledge it rather than have the facts reveal themselves and show this as just another Obama lie, which is surely to happen.
"Bras in Chambers" - - Women Senators
"Reporters in Iraq" - - Laptops on Sand
Why only dehumanize our protectors?
Probably was intentional on his part.
Fetuss ………..UNBORN BABIES !!!!
There are over 1,000 troops on the ground that are admitted publicly. Methinks there are far more than that when you include Special Ops and CIA folks.
There are over 1,000 troops on the ground that are admitted publicly. Methinks there are far more than that when you include Special Ops and CIA folks.
They must be wearing Flip Flops instead of Boots.
Bras in Chambers- Faulty-One- we would hope there would be bras in chambers AND outside of such, but in this day and with Democrats may not be accurate; Two- we would hope that those wearing the bras would be women but again with Democrats may not be accurate. ;)
LOL - good points...
Active Duty ping.
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