'Specialized' US troops to fight IS in Iraq: defense chief

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: AFP

Washington (AFP) - The United States is deploying "specialized" troops in Iraq to fight the Islamic State group, including by leading raids against the jihadists over the border in Syria, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday.

Speaking to the House Armed Services Committee, the Pentagon chief said that a "specialized expeditionary targeting force" was being deployed in Iraq to help Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces battle IS.

"American special operators bring a unique suite of capabilities that make them force multipliers," Carter said. "Where we find further opportunity to leverage such capability, we are prepared to expand it."

He said the special forces would also be able to intervene in neighboring Syria, where Washington has already announced it is sending about 50 special operations troops.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/us-prepared-expand-special-operations-forces-syria-defense-153130048.html

[valerief]

1. and the racket goes on

[enlightenment]

2. Ashton Carter for the

weasel words win of the day.

Qualifying entries:
"targeting force"
"unique suite of capabilities"
"force multipliers"

and for the win:
"Where we find further opportunity to leverage such capability, we are prepared to expand it."

In plainspeak:

Boots on the ground and more to follow.
Followed by more maimed and dead.

[IDemo]

3. Ah, for the good old days...

[TwilightGardener]

4. Assface Carter--what crawls up out of the bureaucratic woodwork when Presidents decide to let

the Pentagon run itself.

[atreides1]

8. SETF

Could be another way of saying mercenaries!

[KG]

6. Stupid and useless gesture.

[bobthedrummer]

7. Ash Carter is a physicist oriented directed energy SecDef with some First Earth Battalion diehards

routinely DoD contracted and sub-contracted-that's your "unique suite of capabilities that make them force multipliers" people. Don't forget the DoD asked for the product linked to below.

The First Earth Battalion Field Manual (text only)
http://ejmas.com/jnc/jncart_channon_0200.htm

[Blue_Tires]

9. what....the...fuckin'....hell??!?

Please tell me that is a hoax or satire??

[bobthedrummer]

10. Do your own homework Blue_Tires-it's absolutely true n/t

[bobthedrummer]

11. The Waffen SS were "specialized" force multipliers too, weren't they Secretary CARTER? n/t

[bobthedrummer]

12. Ashton Carter, the Wonk Who Would Lead the Pentagon (Shane Harris&Tim Mak The Daily Beast 12-2-2014)

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/02/ashton-carter-the-wonk-who-would-lead-the-pentagon.html

Like I stated up thread, a First Earth Battalion type with directed-energy weapons, autonomous targeting robots, etc...

[EndElectoral]

13. And so the linguistics go.