sending a few hundred troops into a war zone with no plan, no mission and no purpose other than to be shot at and potentially killed.
Sorry to tell you, that is the purpose.
Posted on 05/05/2016 2:16:47 PM PDT by detective
Since 2014, three U.S. service members have been killed in the war against ISIS in Iraq. Earlier this week, the Pentagon confirmed Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV was killed during operations with peshmerga fighters. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter specifically referred to the loss of life as a combat death.
Despite Americans being killed on the battlefield with ISIS, the White House has maintained U.S. troops are simply acting as advisors in a dangerous region but are not involved in combat.
"What I think is true is that Iraq and Syria are dangerous places and our men and women in uniform, who are engaged in a mission to offer training, advice and assistance to Iraqi forces that are fighting for their own country, are doing dangerous work. They are taking grave risks to protect our country. We owe them a deep debt of gratitude. Today's incident is a vivid reminder of the risks our service members are taking and some of them, three of them now, have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country," Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Tuesday. "But the President has been clear, time and time again, exactly what their mission is. That mission is to support Iraqi forces on the ground who are taking the fight to ISIL on the front lines."
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Why does Congress approve this completely irrational policy.
There are too few troops to accomplish anything. They have no mission or purpose. They are just supposed to be targets for our enemies.
The story that they are not in combat is another complete lie.
Where are the so called conservatives in Congress when our troops are put in this position?
I think your question answers itself. It gives a lift to the Muslim terrorists in the jihad against the Great Satan.
Odungo lie?....it’s his way of exposing our most needed...
Our best trained.....our bravest....most patriot...most
admired ( something he is not)....to the whims
of his Muslims “advisors”,in the WH.
Lyin’ Barry!
“Let me be clear, there will be no boots on the ground.”
What is the GOP going to do?
sending a few hundred troops into a war zone with no plan, no mission and no purpose other than to be shot at and potentially killed.
Sorry to tell you, that is the purpose.
What is the GOP going to do?
Well, it’s Thursday. So the beltway work week is over. They’ll head to the airport, make an appointment with their hookers, etc.
Yes, I remember that same language in the early 1960's. Someplace in Asia I believe.
Obama has killed more troops than anyone since the last real war, and all to no purpose. Or else, fighting on the wrong side.
“The White House is Lying.” Yes, every hour of every day.
Charles Keating IV, SEAL killed in attack
Few hundred? You’re a bit behind - it’s now over 4,000 pairs of boots on the ground in Iraq.
That’s not counting those troops assigned to Kuwait who pull extra duty in Iraq.
Such young men are our treasure. Always heartbreaking. Generation after generation. War after war.
Prayers for his family.
I wonder how McCain feels about this. The Seal’s father was the S&L guy who bribed McCain. Even though McCain got away with it.
What is the GOP going to do?
The same thing it does about everything else.
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