Iraq Mission Raises More Questions Than It Answers

Has a U.S. leader ever dispatched a military force overseas with less enthusiasm than President Obama displayed in the White House briefing room on Thursday, where he announced that he’s sending three hundred military personnel to Iraq? Not that I can recall.

Throughout his question-and-answer session, Obama talked in a soft, almost resigned voice, giving the impression that he’d rather do almost anything else than direct Americans soldiers to return to Baghdad and northern Iraq. But despite his description of the U.S. mission as one of advising and supporting the Iraqi government forces rather than doing the fighting, that’s what he’s done.

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