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Ashton Carter: U.S. to Begin 'Direct Action on the Ground' in Iraq, Syria
NBC ^
| October 27, 2015
| Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube
Posted on 10/27/2015 2:11:25 PM PDT by JPX2011
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday that the U.S. will begin "direct action on the ground" against ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria, aiming to intensify pressure on the militants as progress against them remains elusive.
"We won't hold back from supporting capable partners in opportunistic attacks against ISIL, or conducting such missions directly whether by strikes from the air or direct action on the ground," Carter said in testimony before the Senate Armed Services committee, using an alternative name for the militant group.
Carter pointed to last week's rescue operation with Kurdish forces in northern Iraq to free hostages held by ISIS.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bootsontheground; iraq; isis; obamaisis; obamasyria; syria; us
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:11:26 PM PDT
by
JPX2011
To: JPX2011
Obama is going to get more US soldiers killed for Muzzies again.
Frightening.
2
posted on
10/27/2015 2:13:25 PM PDT
by
dforest
To: JPX2011
We’ll be fighting the wrong guys. And funding them and arming them at the same time.
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:15:05 PM PDT
by
lurk
To: JPX2011
Damn Russians! They’ve given Obama the cover to do what he wanted to do in the first place.
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:18:54 PM PDT
by
SeeSharp
To: JPX2011
Is Ashton Carter a poofter?
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:20:03 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: dforest
One can be sure that any military action initiated by the current administration will be bungled due to too many ridiculous restrictions. God Help our soldiers put in Iraq and/or Syria. We will soon be treated to many be-headings.
To: stephenjohnbanker
On tidy’s exciting episode of “Yes, they called that too” We look into how it’s possible that Normie and Steve can predict so many coinsurance with blinding accuracy from the comfort of their own homes with little more than an internet connection, while the GOP leadership remains unable to predict obvious outcomes with access to the CIA/DOD and satellite imagery...
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:20:54 PM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
To: Norm Lenhart
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:22:03 PM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
To: central_va
If you aint a poofter, you aint getting a job from obummer.
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:22:42 PM PDT
by
corbe
(mystified)
To: JPX2011
Yes but they will be wearing house slippers.
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:24:14 PM PDT
by
citizen
(America is-or was-The Great Melting Pot. JEB won't even speak American in his own home. NO Bush!!)
To: dforest
can’t hit them from the air so why do this?
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:25:22 PM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: manc
It gets military killed which cannot then come home and rise up in a coup.
It sacrifices Americans to Allah.
It will make people mad if Russia bombs them.
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:28:01 PM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
To: Norm Lenhart
“On tidy’s exciting episode of “Yes, they called that too” “
LMAO!
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:28:33 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: JPX2011
Obama is very good at leading from behind.
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:29:06 PM PDT
by
OLDCU
To: Norm Lenhart
I am a genius, just ask Norm. And if you ax me, he is too!
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:29:27 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
It’s growing in popularity. Some people are beginning to notice.
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:29:57 PM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
To: stephenjohnbanker
You are. I have it on good authority!
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:30:30 PM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
To: JPX2011
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:33:46 PM PDT
by
SteveinSATX
(C'mon Cruz, Trump or Carson ...baby needs a new pair of shoes!)
To: JPX2011
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:33:54 PM PDT
by
SteveinSATX
(C'mon Cruz, Trump or Carson ...baby needs a new pair of shoes!)
To: JPX2011
Cue Cindy Sheehan and candlelight vigils.
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:36:10 PM PDT
by
AU72
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