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Re: Obama Rules Out U.S. Troops on Ground in Iraq

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“We will not be sending us troops back into combat in Iraq, but I have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options.”

...the USS John F_ing Kerry is standing by to fire off a salvo of harshly worded memo's on the presidents command.




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Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!


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Obama Rules Out U.S. Troops on Ground in Iraq
By: clo in FFFT
Sat, 14 Jun 14 4:53 AM 		Msg. 64675 of 65535

Obama Rules Out U.S. Troops on Ground in Iraq

President Obama said on Friday that he would make a decision “in the days ahead” about whether to use American military power to help the besieged Iraqi government stave off collapse at the hands of Islamist insurgents, but he ruled out using ground forces.

“This poses a danger to Iraq and its people and, given the nature of these terrorists, it could pose a danger eventually to American interests as well,” Mr. Obama said of the offensive now threatening Baghdad. “We will not be sending us troops back into combat in Iraq, but I have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/14/world/middleeast/obama-iraq.html?emc=edit_na_20140613

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