{"id":55768,"date":"2014-10-12T08:30:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T12:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=55768"},"modified":"2014-10-11T21:13:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T01:13:13","slug":"iraq-pleads-for-us-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=55768","title":{"rendered":"Iraq pleads for US troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Washington Times<\/a> reports that the Iraq government has asked the US to return ground forces to that country with the forces of ISIS\/ISIL\/Islamic State bearing down on Baghdad;<\/p>\n

Iraqi officials are worried the Pentagon will not be keen to send U.S. soldiers back to an area once dubbed \u201cthe graveyard of the Americans\u201d in Anbar Province. In 2004, U.S. troops fought the Battle of Fallujah in Anabar province, the bloodiest battle involving American troops since the Vietnam War. <\/p>\n

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Regardless, government officials believe that if the province were to fall to the radical Islamic Fighters, then it would be a strategic launching point for a full-force attack on Baghdad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, no shit.<\/p>\n

At the Military Times<\/a>, they report that House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif says that he knows military commanders who have asked the President for boots on the ground;<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t put boots on the ground, we can\u2019t form the coalition, we can\u2019t retake ground that needs to be taken and held.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that they\u2019ve asked for more than they\u2019ve been given,\u201d McKeon said Wednesday evening on CNN.<\/p>\n

His blunt comments came a few hours after the president huddled with top military commanders at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n

McKeon offered Obama some advice as he mulls what he heard during his first Pentagon visit since 2011: \u201cIt is time that he\u2019d follow their advice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He’d be better off talking to Valerie Jarret. There won’t be any combat troops on the ground in Iraq until after the mid-term election. Trust me. My guess is the rest of the 1st Division and a brigade from the 82d will be headed there by Christmas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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