Obama Sends 350 More Soldiers to Iraq
Despite repeatedly promising not to put “boots on the ground” in Iraq, Barack Obama is once again doing just that. Fox News reports: “President Obama announced Tuesday he is sending approximately 350 additional military personnel to Iraq to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and workers in Baghdad. The White House said in a press release that the personnel will not serve a combat role, and are fulfilling a request from the State Department for more protection as the country fights an insurgency from the Islamic State militant group, also known as ISIS or ISIL.” We’re not criticizing the decision to send these troops, but does anyone really trust anything that Obama says? More…