Obama Administration Under Pressure To Turn Attention Back To Iraq -- FOX News
WASHINGTON – As Al Qaeda-aligned insurgents make unprecedented post-war gains in Iraq, U.S. military officials and others in the Obama administration are keeping their distance -- despite mounting calls to ratchet up involvement amid fears the country is teetering on the brink of civil war.
Administration officials are now trying to find some middle ground, which so far includes sending additional shipments of Hellfire missiles to Baghdad, as well as surveillance drones. Lawmakers, though, claim it's clear the administration could be doing more.
"There's not a lot we can do, but there's some," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told Fox News, urging the administration to send over high-level advisers to assist Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, for starters. A relatively small contingent of military advisers reportedly has been in Iraq since combat forces withdrew.
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My Comment: I can see the U.S. being invovled in the transfer of some military equipment and munitions .... but having U.S. soldiers on the ground in Iraq fighting against Al Qaeda insurgents .... that is not going to happen .... and in my opinion that is the best course to take.
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