(CNSNews.com) – Three years ago, President Obama said he did not “foresee a scenario in which boots on the ground in Syria, American boots on the ground in Syria would not only be good for America, but also would be good for Syria.”
It was a stance repeated on a number of occasions since then, even as U.S. forces have been sent both to Iraq and, in much smaller numbers, to Syria, to help local forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL).
On Monday he announced he was authorizing the deployment of 250 troops to Syria, where around 50 special forces operators have been based since late last year.
State Department spokesman John Kirby said Monday that the deployments in Syria and Iraq do not constitute “boots on the ground” in the sense of a conventional ground combat mission.
At a press conference in Costa Rica in May 2013, at a time when claims of the small-scale use of sarin gas in the Syrian conflict were under investigation, Obama was asked about the possibility of sending troops to Syria.
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to me "boots" means more then one. No matter if it is a cobat mission the US still has "Boots" on the ground in these countries. Come On TRUMP 2017!!!
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ReplyDeleteLiar. Period.
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Vote Hillary, same thing.
Vote Kasich, same thing.
Vote Bernie, same thing.
Vote Trump, if he was ever a liar, he would NEVER be in the position he is today. He is a true Patriot and wants to save our Country. Everything he has said is backed up in historical truth and fact.
It baffles me that so many idiots are willing to put our Country in the hands of a sure fire criminal under investigation by the FBI who is trying like heck to neutralize the tons of evidence against her in order to promote the further demise of our Constitution and Country.
Sad, really.