Iraqi premier says foreign ground troops in Iraq “out of the question”
BAGHDAD—Iraq’s new prime minister said Wednesday that foreign ground troops are neither necessary nor wanted in his country’s fight against the Islamic State group, flatly rejecting the idea a day after the top U.S. general recommended that American ...
Obama: US will not fight ground war in Iraq
US President Barack Obama has said American forces will not fight another ground war in Iraq, a day after a top US general said combat troops might be needed if efforts to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fail. "I want to be clear.
New IS video warns US over Iraq deployment
The militant Islamic State group released a video warning the United States that its fighters are waiting for it in Iraq if President Barack Obama sends troops there, as his top general said may happen if the current strategy of airstrikes fails.
Obama: US troops will have no combat mission in Iraq
MacDill Air Force Base (United States) (AFP) - President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that US troops have no combat mission in Iraq, after his top general suggested some US advisors could join Iraqi forces to fight the Islamic State group. "The American ...
This Paragraph Sums Up America's Biggest Problem In Iraq
Shiite militias, responsible for extra-judicial killings of Sunni civilians throughout Baghdad and southern Iraq, pose the largest hurdle to any US intervention against ISIS in the country. These Shiite militias, which have swelled in size and prestige ...
Obama vows U.S. will not fight another ground war in Iraq
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE Fla. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday the United States will not fight another ground war in Iraq, seeking to reassure Americans about the level of U.S. involvement after a top general suggested some combat ...
Obama says US troops will not have a combat mission in Iraq
President Obama says US troops will not have a combat mission in Iraq, but will work with partners in the region to tackle Islamic State militants. Speaking to troops at Central Command headquarters in Florida, he said the United States would support Iraqi ...
Iraq’s new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says his country doesn’t need US help to fight Islamic State
IRAQ’S new prime minister said foreign ground troops are neither necessary nor wanted in his country’s fight against the Islamic State group, flatly rejecting the idea a day after the top US general recommended that American forces may be needed if ...
Obama insists: No U.S. ground combat troops in Iraq
President Obama doubled down Wednesday on an increasingly questioned pledge: There will be no U.S. ground combat troops back in Iraq. "I will not commit you, and the rest of our armed forces, to fighting another ground war in Iraq," Obama told troops at ...
Obama to troops at MacDill AFB: 'I will not commit you and the rest of our Armed Forces to fighting another ground war in Iraq' - @DavidNakamura
Obama to troops at MacDill AFB: 'I will not commit you and the rest of our Armed Forces to fighting another ground war in Iraq' - @DavidNakamura
When Did Police Start Looking Like Soldiers in a Combat Zone? No, You're Wrong. It Wasn't in the Aftermath of Iraq.
Lyndon Johnson hitched his War on Poverty to a War on Crime that combined community outreach and “get-tough” policing.
The Costs of Independence
Emma Ashford As my colleague Doug Bandow noted on Cato@Liberty a few days ago, Scottish independence is for the voters of Scotland to decide. And so it should be. But, as I write over at Foreign Policy, U.S. policymakers need to be aware that Scottish independence would carry some key costs for the ...
