Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Slippery slope

300 is now 750. [Link]
[T]hey could be there for airstrikes against the terrorist army that Barack Obama unaccountably just let set up shop again in Iraq. Continuing on…
The Pentagon also sent over additional surveillance drones.
President Obama on Monday sent 200 additional U.S. troops to Iraq to protect diplomatic facilities and personnel amid growing fears that Sunni militants in the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) could overrun the country. The order brought the total number of U.S. ground forces in Iraq to 750.
…Wasn’t it supposed to be capped at 300? Why, yes.  Yes, it was.
Barack Obama announced on Thursday [June 19, 2014] that a contingent up to 300 “military advisers” will be sent to help Iraq’s beleaguered army repel the advance of Sunni insurgents, but insisted the US would not be dragged into another bloody war in the country.
It’s not even a month and we’re already seeing the mission being expanded. I wonder what our troop strength in Iraq will be by August.  Of course, I also wonder if there’s still going to be an Iraq at that point…

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