Iraq 3.0: Obama Sends “Military Advisors” To Iraq; Kerry Tasked With Making Iraq Sects “Rise Above”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
06/19/2014
Moments ago, president Obama announced what was informally known for days but only today was officially disclose to the public: namely that he’s sending up to 300 American troops to Iraq in the wake of escalating chaos in that nation. Actually: correction, make that “military advisors.” Please don’t call them troops because otherwise the US public may realize that Obama has just become only the third president in as many decades to launch his own private Iraq war. As Politico succinctly summarizes, “It’s a politically uncomfortable move for a president who won election in large part due to his opposition to the Iraq War and who has touted the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq in 2011 as one of the key achievements of his presidency.”
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