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White House: US won't be 'responsible' for 'security situation' in Iraq
foxnews.com ^

Posted on 05/28/2015 10:22:22 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

The White House on Thursday, in no uncertain terms, put the onus on the Iraqis to fight and defeat the Islamic State -- even as a new report warned foreign fighters are flocking to the battlefield at a historic and dangerous pace.

"The United States is not going to be responsible for securing the security situation inside of Iraq," Press Secretary Josh Earnest told Fox News.

Earnest defended the administration's strategy, amid growing concerns about gains made by ISIS fighters in both Iraq and Syria. Earnest said the effort would take a "sustained commitment," but stressed that the U.S. will continue to focus on training and equipping Iraqi forces, while backing them up on the battlefield with air power.

"Our strategy is to support the Iraqi security forces in doing what we will not do for them," he said. "The United States is prepared to train them, to equip them, and to back them on the battlefield with coalition military air power as they take the fight to ISIL in their own country."

In saying the U.S. will not be "responsible" for the security situation, the White House was putting clear limits on the lengths to which the U.S. will go to reverse ISIS' gains, even as the Pentagon considers adjustments to the strategy.

Former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell countered that "it is everybody's fight." Speaking with Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio's "Kilmeade and Friends," Morell said the terror group poses a "significant threat to the stability of the entire Middle East."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; obama; obamairaq; obamaisis; obamalosesiraq
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1 posted on 05/28/2015 10:22:22 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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2 posted on 05/28/2015 10:24:45 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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"Our strategy is to support the Iraqi security forces in doing what we will not do for them,"

Say what???

3 posted on 05/28/2015 10:25:24 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: RoosterRedux

The WH doesn’t know the meaning of security.


4 posted on 05/28/2015 10:26:06 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: RoosterRedux

First, Obama perpetuates a war in Iraq and now is turning his back on the people of Iraq in order to satisfy the anti war crowd.


5 posted on 05/28/2015 10:26:50 AM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: RoosterRedux

White House: Obama won’t be ‘responsible’ for ‘security situation’ in the United States


6 posted on 05/28/2015 10:28:22 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: RoosterRedux

>>The United States is not going to be responsible for securing the security situation inside of Iraq,”<<

Oh contraire Obozo. Just wait till these ISIS psycho muzzies take over complete countries. All their oil, gold, weapons (to include chemical/biological).

WWIII is a comin and it ain’t gonna be pretty.


7 posted on 05/28/2015 10:28:31 AM PDT by servantboy777
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Not My Fault photo Meme007_zpsff771cf2.jpg
8 posted on 05/28/2015 10:28:36 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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April 1975: US won't be 'responsible' for 'security situation' in South Vietnam

Deja vu all over again.

9 posted on 05/28/2015 10:28:51 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Oliviaforever

Obama is just imitating the Democrat congress in 1974. They hung the South Vietnamese out to dry.


10 posted on 05/28/2015 10:30:12 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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“the White House was putting clear limits on the lengths to which the U.S. will go to reverse ISIS’ gains,”

Who says the muzzies in the White House want ISIS to stop gaing??


11 posted on 05/28/2015 10:30:20 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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Dayem. Great minds think alike. LOL


12 posted on 05/28/2015 10:31:23 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: RoosterRedux

Obama = epic fail.


13 posted on 05/28/2015 10:31:46 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Telegraphing the expected outcome. If the clown-in-chief thought ISIS/ISIL whatever would be defeated, he’d have his press flack up there taking credit, not disclaiming responsibility.


14 posted on 05/28/2015 10:32:23 AM PDT by Cboldt
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White House: US won't be 'responsible' for 'security situation' in Iraq

Fixed it!
15 posted on 05/28/2015 10:32:47 AM PDT by PrairieDawg
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To: gov_bean_ counter

“”Say what??? “”

He needs lessons in speaking plain English!!! They’re so used to double speak they have forgotten or never knew the rest of us just sit and scratch our heads when they speak.


16 posted on 05/28/2015 10:34:45 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: tcrlaf

moslems in power in congress and around the white hut has been investigated and thought to have been taking place since bush 1 but the information is ‘classified’ and all gains are not to be referred to as moslem gains ... even if they are ....


17 posted on 05/28/2015 10:34:47 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Do what is Right ... Take This Freepathon Over the Top!!!)
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To: RoosterRedux

“We’re Not Responsible- Ever”(unless it enhances the slave plantation), said every democrat everywhere.


18 posted on 05/28/2015 10:34:51 AM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: RoosterRedux

But Butt-Head Barrack is.


19 posted on 05/28/2015 10:34:56 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: RoosterRedux

Not even with the Obama administration supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and arming Islamic State in Syria???


20 posted on 05/28/2015 10:35:32 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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