"More U.S. Troops Being Sent To Iraq" Topic
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| Tango01 | 20 Dec 2014 12:22 p.m. PST |
"Outgoing US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel authorized the deployment of up to 1,300 American troops to Iraq early next year to assist and advise Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS), the Pentagon said on Friday. "Their mission will be to train, advise and assist Iraqi security forces. This deployment is part of the additional 1,500 troops that the president authorized in November," Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters at a Pentagon briefing. The announcement of the additional deployment will put the number of US troops at around 4,000 who will serve in Iraq and Kurdistan Region on non-combat mission…"
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 Legion 4   | 20 Dec 2014 2:59 p.m. PST |
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| Redroom | 20 Dec 2014 4:37 p.m. PST |
4,000 troops in a war zone, but not in a combat mission? Seem more like giving the enemy a target. |
| Mako11 | 21 Dec 2014 1:05 a.m. PST |
Can you say mission creep? |
| Legion 4 | 21 Dec 2014 8:09 a.m. PST |
I see it as a lot of guys that are training the locals [again] … plus a lot of SF types acting as FACs calling in CAS … |
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