The Washington Times says President Obama announced Thursday that he is sending up to 300 U.S. special operations forces to Iraq as advisers to the Iraqi military in the urgent fight against advancing Sunni militants.
Bad move! Advisers to the Iraqi military against Sunni militants only create more antagonism against the US by Sunnis. We should not be taking sides with one religious group or another, or with a puppet government.
I have said before and repeat that we should get our 1000 plus government employees in embassies and consulates out of Iraq as quickly as possible. The special ops forces could aid in that endeavor, which would be a positive rather than in operation to make more enemies.
Some are also concerned that Iraq can serve as a basis for terrorist training camps administration. US Special ops forces could serve as guidance and support for drone and conventional bombing attacks against those terrorist installations.
In other words, there are plenty of things that the special ops forces could do, and I’m not opposed to sending them to Iraq. What I am opposed to is having been involved in the Iraqi civil war.
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