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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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To: AU72

It’s the wrong war at the wrong time!!!!


21 posted on 10/27/2015 2:43:09 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
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To: JPX2011

Viet Nam all over again!


22 posted on 10/27/2015 2:57:59 PM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Federal Government is nothing but a welfare program with a dress code!)
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Syria? Thought he promised no boots on the ground.

This whole damn administration and uni-party in DC is a joke.

I know there are some decent folk still around in DC, but please, for the love of the republic get out of there so my wishing for a nuke on DC doesn’t give me so much pause.


23 posted on 10/27/2015 3:04:51 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: central_va
Is Ashton Carter a poofter?

Does obama catch for reggie?

24 posted on 10/27/2015 3:05:38 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: JPX2011

You see, its Ashton CARTER who promised no ground troops in Iraq, not Barack Obama.

“Barack Obama has nothing to do with this broken promise.” NBC

God help our military as it goes into action under this gang of America hating marxist idiots and buffoons.


25 posted on 10/27/2015 3:21:40 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: JPX2011

Obama doesn’t want to destroy ISIS

He wants to boot Assad out so ISIS can take Syria.


26 posted on 10/27/2015 3:23:48 PM PDT by Iron Munro (<p> The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: JPX2011

If Secretary Carter is saying the US ‘will begin’ ground operations in Iraq and Syria you can bet they’ve been underway for quite some time now.


27 posted on 10/27/2015 3:24:24 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: JPX2011
The Joint Chiefs and endless geese are all on board: Monty Python gay soldiers photo: Python Knights knights.gif
28 posted on 10/27/2015 3:26:52 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: dforest

Yep!


29 posted on 10/27/2015 3:28:30 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: dforest

Yep!


30 posted on 10/27/2015 3:28:31 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: central_va; corbe; Ghost of SVR4


31 posted on 10/27/2015 3:29:11 PM PDT by Iron Munro (<p> The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: JPX2011
So now that Russia is overflying this territory and bombing it from planes and missiles we're going to put ground troops in that mess?


32 posted on 10/27/2015 3:56:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: JPX2011

Hussein is sending in Americans to get killed by his muzzy bros. He’ll put Geraldo’s map in the sand to shame with the intel he’ll send. Give the guy another peace prize.


33 posted on 10/27/2015 4:28:14 PM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: TigersEye

The Administration is hoping that, if they insert American ground troops in places they don’t want bombed (like in American-supported fighters’ strongholds) then the Russians will refrain from bombing those places, due to unwillingness to harm Americans.


34 posted on 10/27/2015 4:43:42 PM PDT by BusterBear (/)
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To: BusterBear

I’m sure the Russians won’t want to harm any Americans. But they’ve set out to do a job and I think they intend to get it done. Things happen when you open a can of whoop ass.

0bama is a numbnut if he thinks the Russians will back off because he put American troops in harm’s way.


35 posted on 10/27/2015 4:52:36 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: dforest

You are the first person on this site, other than myself, who I have seen use the “Muzzies.” So tell me, where did you get that word from? I would be interested in knowing.


36 posted on 10/27/2015 9:34:06 PM PDT by BBell
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