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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKerry: US troops might deploy to Iraq if there are ‘very dramatic changes’
BAGHDAD U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry raised the possibility Wednesday that U.S. troops might be committed to ground operations in Iraq in extreme circumstances, the first hedging by an administration official on President Barack Obamas pledge that there will be no U.S. boots on the ground to battle the Islamic State.
Kerry made the comment during a news conference after a day of meeting with Iraqi officials, who he said hadnt requested or shown any desire to have U.S. troops or forces from any nation in Iraq to confront the Islamic State, the extremist organization thats now in control of more than a third of the countrys territory.
Kerry reiterated that Obama has said no U.S. combat troops would be deployed to fight the Islamic State in Iraq, before adding, Unless, obviously, something very, very dramatic changes.
That formulation hasnt been used previously by administration officials in discussing the growing U.S. confrontation with the Islamic State, and its sure to feed concerns that the United States may be making a greater commitment to a new conflict in the Middle East than it first intended.
http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/kerry-us-troops-might-deploy-to-iraq-if-there-are-very-dramatic-changes-1.302369
Kerry made the comment during a news conference after a day of meeting with Iraqi officials, who he said hadnt requested or shown any desire to have U.S. troops or forces from any nation in Iraq to confront the Islamic State, the extremist organization thats now in control of more than a third of the countrys territory.
Kerry reiterated that Obama has said no U.S. combat troops would be deployed to fight the Islamic State in Iraq, before adding, Unless, obviously, something very, very dramatic changes.
That formulation hasnt been used previously by administration officials in discussing the growing U.S. confrontation with the Islamic State, and its sure to feed concerns that the United States may be making a greater commitment to a new conflict in the Middle East than it first intended.
http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/kerry-us-troops-might-deploy-to-iraq-if-there-are-very-dramatic-changes-1.302369
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Kerry: US troops might deploy to Iraq if there are ‘very dramatic changes’ (Original Post)
grahamhgreen
Sep 2014
OP
That could be said about anything anywhere. There are two conditionals in that statement.
stevenleser
Sep 2014
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newfie11
(8,159 posts)1. That didn't last long ( no boots on the ground) nt
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)2. That could be said about anything anywhere. There are two conditionals in that statement.
"Might" be deployed
"If" there are dramatic changes.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)3. wonder what those dramatic changes will be.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)5. There won't be. nt
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)4. It's war. Conditions will change.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)6. Of course they will. But they wont be 'dramatic' changes. nt
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)7. 'Dramatic' gives you a lot as leeway as to when it's time to
send in troops.
Let's say ISIL takes A large oil field, this could be considered a dramatic change that could be used as an excuse to send in ground troops.
Dramatic is subjective. Some may consider a beheading dramatic, or acquiring a certain type of weapon.