250 More Troops

From USA Today:

"Obama To Send Up To 250 More Military Personnel To Syria"

President Obama announced Monday that he was authorizing the deployment of up to 250 additional military personnel for the 5-year-old conflict in Syria as the U.S.-led coalition tries to "keep up momentum against the Islamic State." Obama said in a well-received speech here predominantly about the future of Europe that the additional U.S. troops would provide training and assist local forces in the fight against the extremist group but not play an active combat role. The move raises the number of U.S. special forces in Syria to 300. “They’re not going to be leading the fight on the ground, but they will be essential," the president said in Germany, where he attended a manufacturing technology trade show. The address capped a week-long foreign trip for the president, who also visited Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom  Obama said he would ask Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy for more equipment and troop contributions to aid the U.S. efforts against the Islamic State militants. “Europe and NATO can still do more,” he said. “We need to do everything in our power to stop them."

^ I'm not sure why Obama is being praised around Europe - probably because he hasn't done as much damage there as he has at home. It seems that there really is no strategy in our fight against IS either in Iraq or Syria (or anywhere for that matter.) Hopefully, the next President will have more global and domestic sense and can how fix the numerous problems Obama either created or couldn't fix. ^

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/04/25/obama-praises-us-innovation-german-trade-show/83487712/