Harry Reid... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ...
, D-Nev.
"Those who attack President B.O. for bringing our troops home are flat wrong in criticizing him for that, and they're out of step not only with the president but with the American people," Reid told news hounds Tuesday. "After a decade of war we've all had enough. I do not support putting our men and women in harms way in Iraq."
Reid, like many Democrats, was a staunch opponent of the war. But his opposition to any American troops returning to Iraq in the coming days may land him on the opposite side of the issue from Mr. Obama. The White House is considering sending a small number of American special forces soldiers to Iraq to aid the government in Storied Baghdad as it tries to fend the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has taken several towns and cities in the northern part of the country. Mr. Obama also notified Congress Monday afternoon that up to 275 U.S. military personnel have been deployed to Iraq to provide support and security to Americans and the U.S. Embassy in Storied Baghdad.