As More American Boots Hit the Ground in Syria, U.S. Parses “Boots” and “Ground”

[arcane1]

After President Obama announced on Monday that he would deploy 250 additional special operations troops to Syria, State Department spokesman John Kirby tried to deny that Obama had ever promised not to send “boots on the ground” there.

“There was never this ‘no boots on the ground,” said Kirby. “I don’t know where this keeps coming from.”

The problem for Kirby was that Obama has repeated the promise at least 16 times since 2013:

For instance, on August 30, 2013, Obama said: “We’re not considering any boots-on-the-ground approach.”

On September 10, 2013, he said: “Many of you have asked, won’t this put us on a slippery slope to another war? One man wrote to me that we are ‘still recovering from our involvement in Iraq.’ A veteran put it more bluntly: ‘This nation is sick and tired of war.’ My answer is simple: I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria.”

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https://theintercept.com/2016/04/29/as-more-american-boots-hit-the-ground-in-syria-u-s-parses-boots-and-ground/


More lies from the White House. Is it "bashing" or "hating" Obama to point out his lies? I think not.

[leveymg]

1. Where there are boots, there is a mission. Then there is the creep.

In Vietnam, there were advisors, then came Escalation and the bodybags.

Wars are started and escalated by creeps. That means you, Hillary.

[arcane1]

2. Hell, we're still sending "Trainers" into Afghanistan, 14 years later.

Those darn Afghanis, so impossible to train

[leveymg]

3. That's the Taliban arms transfer program. A great success.

Then there's the Afghan Air Force. Nearly half a billion dollars spent on a couple C-130s. Gee, I wonder where all that cost overrun went? "War's a racket."

[Matt_in_STL]

4. To be completely fair

The President has asked that they wear tennis shoes so that he may keep his word.

[Blue_Tires]

5. I guess the Intercept is too fucking stupid to consider

the situation in Syria has taken a turn for the worse?

Nice to know the Russians can "accidentally" bomb a hospital for the 20th time and the Intercept can't be bothered to even mention it...

[arcane1]

6. I guess Obama was too fucking stupid to make a promise he knew he couldn't ever keep

[Javaman]

7. we are never leaving...

this has been my mantra since day one if this bullshit.

just another "bridging" force for the next president for hire to continue.