Monday, November 10, 2014

New Phase Lying

From the BBC:
"Obama signals 'new phase' against Islamic State in Iraq"

President Barack Obama has said the deployment of 1,500 more US troops to Iraq marks a "new phase" against Islamic State militants. He told CBS TV that the new troops, although non-combat advisers, could help Iraq go on the attack against IS. A US-led coalition has been helping Iraqi and Kurdish ground forces with hundreds of air strikes since August. Iraqi forces have now reportedly seized large parts of Baiji - home to Iraq's biggest oil refinery - from IS. Officials said troops now controlled some 50% of the town, about 200km (130 miles) north of the capital Baghdad. In his interview with CBS's Face the Nation broadcast, Mr Obama said: "Phase one was getting an Iraqi government that was inclusive and credible - and we now have done that. "Rather than just try to halt IS's momentum, we're now in a position to start going on some offense," he said.  The additional 1,500 troops nearly double the current contingent and are being sent following a request from the Iraqi government. A statement from the Pentagon said the troops would be establishing several sites to train nine Iraqi army and three Kurdish Peshmerga brigades.  Mr Obama said: "The air strikes have been very effective in degrading IS's capabilities and slowing the advance that they were making. But he added that coalition members would also be joining the mission and it could be that fewer US troops would be needed.

^ Why doesn't Obama stop being like LBJ and just tell us the truth. He made a mistake in removing all US soldiers from Iraq in 2011 and that led to ISIS taking over large parts of Iraq and Syria. Now he is trying to cover that grave mistake up and slowly move the US back into Iraq. LBJ faked the Gulf Of Tonkin Incident to justify his lies. What will Obama do? I think the US, and the rest of the world, needs to take on ISIS head-on, but I don't approve of leaders treating us like idiots and lying to us. Tell us the truth/ ^


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29979042
 

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