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| Iraq |
| Obama: US won't return to combat role in Iraq |
| 2014-06-20 |
| [Iraq Sun] Under pressure to come to the aid of the embattled Iraq government, President Barack Obama said the US is prepared to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq, but won't be returning to a combat role there. The US advisers would be deputed to Iraq to "assess how we can best train, advise and support Iraqi security forces" in the face of advancing Sunni fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), he said Thursday. But "armed forces will not be returning to combat in Iraq", Obama said in a White House announcement after a meeting with his national security team on options that also include the possibility of future air strikes. Obama also announced a series of steps designed to improve intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of the militant army that has taken several Iraqi cities and is threatening the capital in Baghdad. The president also announced that he will dispatch Secretary of State John Kerry to the region for diplomatic efforts that include demands for a more inclusive government in Iraq. Asked about some allies call for removal of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Obama told reporters that "it's not our job to choose Iraq's leaders". In addition to military advisers, Obama said he is planning to create "joint operation centres" with the Iraqi military to help coordinate plans and designate possible targets among the militants. While the US has an interest in preventing civil war in Iraq and making sure it does not become a new haven for terrorists planning to attack the US and its allies, Obama said ultimately it's up to Iraq to solve its problems, . The advisers will not be combat troops, and "I think we always have to guard against mission creep", Obama said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 As per CNN this AM, the Bammer wants to see more + fairer representation of Sunnis + Shias, + Kurds in a newer = better Iraqi Govt. as a condition for continued US support. Looks like IRAN is in broad or tacit agreement ...??? * WORLD NEWS > [IRNA] IRAQ IN DIRE NEED OF NATIONAL CONSENSUS TO FIGHT BACK AGZ ISIL MILITANTS : [Iran] DAILY. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-06-20 22:56 |
| #2 Don't blame the Champ, he doesn't know Shiit from Shinola. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-20 04:22 |
| #1 OTOH see WORLD NEWS > [WaPo] CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: [POTUS Obama = USA's]ABDICATION OF FOREIGN POLICY RESPONSIBILITIES HAS A PRICE. Outcome(s) which may include but isn't limited to the following .. .... * SAME > [IRNA] [Saeed] JALILI: IRAN BECOMES AN INTERNATIONAL POWER. IMO also read, GLOBALIST-DESIRED, SOON-TO-BE-NUCLEAR, US-STYLE? OWG CO-SUPERPOWER. IMO again one of many. * TOPIX > [Reuters] OBAMA ISN'T THE ONLY ONE WID A PASSIVE-AGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY. true, but from Libya thru the Ukraine-Crimea Crisis, + possibly now ISIS-threatened Iraq + Rising China?, US MILPOL CREDIBILITY AS A SUPEROWER GOES DOWN WHILE THAT ITS [OWG Globalist] SUPERPOWER-WANNABE RIVALS OR PROTAGONISTS INVERSELY GOES UP. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-06-20 01:33 |