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8 times Obama said there would be no ground troops or no combat mission in Syria
As we've written before, it's generally a bad idea for presidents, or would-be presidents, to make iron-clad promises about foreign policy. And President Obama has been stymied repeatedly when it comes to this.
The White House is announcing Friday that a small number of special forces will be put on the ground in the fight against the Islamic State in Syria – a new strategy that pretty clearly contradicts past Obama and administration statements that U.S. forces would not be put on the ground there. As the United States got drawn into the fight against the Islamic State earlier this year, the White House repeatedly emphasized this point — a move to assure the nation that we wouldn't be drawn into a new war like Iraq or Afghanistan.
Asked Friday about the incongruence of Obama's past comments and putting these boots on the ground, White House press secretary Josh Earnest repeatedly emphasized that these are not combat troops — a distinction that many disagree with, we would note — and suggested promises to not put boots on the ground were being taken “out of context.” …. https://www.washingtonpost.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/11/8-times-obama-said-there-would-be-no.html
