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| US Deploys Military Advisers to Northern Iraq | |
| 2014-08-13 | |
[VOA News] U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says about 130 more U.S. military advisers have been deployed to northern Iraq, to assess ways in which Washington can help Baghdad deal with resurgent Islamist bully boys.
He said the deployment to the northern city of Irbil "is not a combat boots-on-the-ground operation," adding that the team will perform an in-depth Iraqi security assessment in the north. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Reagan used to talk about peace through strength. Democrats prefer war through weakness. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-08-13 17:52 |
| #8 WW1 Wilson (D) WW2 Roosevelt (D) Korea Truman (D) Nam Kennedy (D) Bosnia Clinton (D) |
| Posted by: irishrageboy 2014-08-13 16:11 |
| #7 To put it another way, if the US needs to talk to the Kurds for direct ground support, US pilots should not be surprised to hear Tennessee or Texas accents talking back to them. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-08-13 13:21 |
| #6 French have already addressed a lot of supply concerns, as have Iranian resupply efforts. US being seen as a day late and a dollar short -- except for US "security" contractors, who have been over a year in some cases, with many having long term (5+ or even 10+ years in some cases) relationships with the Kurds. Kurds trust Americans personally, but not so much our Government. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-08-13 13:20 |
| #5 They're probably panicking. Who wouldn't when they learn that the fruit of their last few years of efforts is going to be featured as a full chapter of the worst horrors in the 21st history books. One may very well think that the Jihadists are on their way to gobble up the Middle East and North Africa, within 1-2 years, and then launch attacks on our homeland. Think Gaza vs Israel, apply it to Europe, then to the rest of Dar al-Harb. I couldn't possibly comment on that. |
| Posted by: Si vis pacem para bellum 2014-08-13 11:43 |
| #4 Gee, I remember something like this from the early '60s. Place called....um....Veet Nam or something like that. That was a (D) prez also. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-08-13 09:42 |
| #3 My guess would be an SF Forward Operating Base, Foreign Internal Defense (FID) assessment team. Since the Klingons have their sticky mitts in it as the weapons re-supply go to people vs DoD, they've probably got a few folks along for the ride as well. [Slow-go/no go: Brennan's trusted agents reporting directly back to Brennan and on to POTUS as opposed to unsightly mil channels - See aerial re-supply bundles exploding upon impact article]. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-13 05:57 |
| #2 Site survey team for the beltway bandit's contracting office. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-08-13 05:11 |
| #1 Whatever happened to "no boots on the ground"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-13 04:55 |