President Obama’s Remarks On The Upheaval In Iraq

Obama Won’t Rule Out Airstrikes to Aid Iraq’s Army -- Bloomberg

President Barack Obama said he won’t rule out using airstrikes to help Iraq’s government beat back Islamic militants who’ve seized major cities and threaten to ignite a sectarian civil war.

“I don’t rule out anything,” Obama said when asked whether the U.S. was willing to send drones or U.S. planes to strike jihadists in Iraq.

Iraq “clearly is an emergency situation” and the government there needs more help, Obama said after a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott at the White House.

Three years after the U.S. and other members of an international coalition withdrew forces from Iraq, the army of the Shiite-led government has collapsed when threatened by Islamic militants who have swept through northern Iraq, threatening the stability of OPEC’s second-biggest oil producer.

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More News On President Obama’s Remarks On The Upheaval In Iraq

Transcript: President Obama’s remarks on upheaval in Iraq -- Washington Post
Iraq conflict: All options open to fight insurgents - Obama -- BBC
Obama Says U.S. Is Ready to Help Iraq Blunt Militant Advance -- New York Times
Obama warns of U.S. action as jihadists push on Baghdad -- Reuters
Obama: U.S. considering 'all the options' to stop insurgents in Iraq -- L.A. Times
Accused of "taking a nap" on Iraq, Obama exploring all options -- CBS/AP
Obama Says He Won't Rule Out Any Type of Help for Iraq -- WSJ
White House says not contemplating sending ground troops to Iraq -- Reuters
US Reaction: Obama Looking at All Options to Confront Iraq Insurgency -- VOA

My Comment: The Democrats .... President Obama included .... spent years condemning the Bush administration for it's involvement in Iraq and the need to end the war ASAP. To go back on this position .... and to re-engage in Iraq as it implodes before our eyes .... it will be such a huge reversal from his prior positions that I just do not see that happening under President Obama. He will make the speeches (see above video), and he may send some weapons, but there will be no US troops on the ground in Iraq.