Obama Still Making Promises He Can't Keep

Obama Still Making Promises He Can't Keep

On CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday, President Barack Obama defended his decision to send another 1,500 American trainers and advisers to Iraq, arguing that it represented the next “phase” of the campaign against the Islamic State. “What we knew was that phase one was getting an Iraqi government,” he said. “And so now what we've done is rather than just try to halt ISIL's momentum. We're now in a position to start going on some offense.” That offense will rely on Iraqi ground troops; American troops will not be in combat, Obama said. It’s his latest promise about the U.S. military’s involvement in Iraq and Syria that he may not be able to keep.

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