POTUS says there's one scenario that'll definitely
lead to U.S. ground troops in Iraq
lead to U.S. ground troops in Iraq
During a press conference at the G20 economic conference in Australia on Sunday, President Obama told reporters that the one scenario he could foresee U.S. ground troops going into Iraq is if the radical Islamic terrorist group, the Islamic State of the Levant (ISIL), gets its hands on nuclear weapons.
President Obama said, “If we discovered that ISIL had gotten possession of a nuclear weapon, and we had to run an operation to get it out of their hands then, yes, you can anticipate that not only would Chairman Dempsey recommend me sending U.S. ground troops to get that weapon out of their hands, but I would order it.”
President Obama’s comments came a day after Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey was asked if U.S. ground troops would be deployed to Iraq.
Dempsey told reporters that he didn’t foresee that situation. However, Dempsey stated during a congressional meeting with the House Armed Services Committee that it is possible that ground troops could be sent in to Iraq.
Fox News quoted Dempsey as saying, “I’m not predicting at this point that I would recommend that those forces in Mosul and along the border would need to be accompanied by U.S. forces, but we’re certainly considering it.”
The different responses that the Obama Administration has given about U.S. ground troops possibly going into Iraq has resulted in some questioning if President Obama has a strategy to defeat ISIL.
President Obama has hit back on the criticism to his response. He has highlighted the success the U.S. and coalition forces have made in helping the Iraqis to reclaim the Mosul dam and to take back control over the Jurf al-Sakhar province near the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
President Obama has also stated that he will not get the U.S. into another long war in Iraq and that the political and cultural problems in Iraq, which have caused the country to breakdown, will not be solved by the U.S. military.
President Obama said, “If we discovered that ISIL had gotten possession of a nuclear weapon, and we had to run an operation to get it out of their hands then, yes, you can anticipate that not only would Chairman Dempsey recommend me sending U.S. ground troops to get that weapon out of their hands, but I would order it.”
President Obama’s comments came a day after Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey was asked if U.S. ground troops would be deployed to Iraq.
Dempsey told reporters that he didn’t foresee that situation. However, Dempsey stated during a congressional meeting with the House Armed Services Committee that it is possible that ground troops could be sent in to Iraq.
Fox News quoted Dempsey as saying, “I’m not predicting at this point that I would recommend that those forces in Mosul and along the border would need to be accompanied by U.S. forces, but we’re certainly considering it.”
The different responses that the Obama Administration has given about U.S. ground troops possibly going into Iraq has resulted in some questioning if President Obama has a strategy to defeat ISIL.
President Obama has hit back on the criticism to his response. He has highlighted the success the U.S. and coalition forces have made in helping the Iraqis to reclaim the Mosul dam and to take back control over the Jurf al-Sakhar province near the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
President Obama has also stated that he will not get the U.S. into another long war in Iraq and that the political and cultural problems in Iraq, which have caused the country to breakdown, will not be solved by the U.S. military.
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