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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It’s the wrong war at the wrong time!!!!
Viet Nam all over again!
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.
Does obama catch for reggie?
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.
Obama doesn’t want to destroy ISIS
He wants to boot Assad out so ISIS can take Syria.
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.
Yep!
Yep!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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