US Has No Plans To Send Any Of Its 35,000 Middle East-Based Troops Into Iraq (Update)

ISIS now controls Mosul, Tikrit and parts of Syria

US Has No Plans To Send Any Of Its 35,000 Middle East-Based Troops Into Iraq After al-Qaeda Overruns Two Cities And Forces 500,000 To Flee For Their Lives -- Daily Mail

* The US has 35,000 troops stationed in the Middle East including 10,000 in Kuwait – plus 10,000 troops, an F-16 detachment and a Patriot missile battery in Jordan
* President Obama completed his troop withdrawal from Iraq in December 2011, leaving the country in the hands of government security forces
* The White House said Tuesday that Hillary Clinton deserves credit for 'ending the war in Iraq, responsibly winding down the war in Afghanistan, and decimating and destroying core al-Qaeda'
* Three GOP senators warned that the Iraq mess is a preview of Afghanistan once the U.S. completes the Obama-led troop draw-down there
* The Islamic State of Iraq in Syria (ISIS), formerly known as Al-Qaeda in Iraq Islamic State of Iraq, is capturing cities, seizing money and oil, and displacing hundreds of thousands of people
* America has provided the Iraqi government with copious military materiel but doesn't plan to respond to ISIS's advances with troops
* Instead, Washington has told Baghdad to 'step up to the plate' and help its people in ways that freeze out terror groups

The United States has no plans to send troops back into Iraq despite the bloody resurgence of an al-Qaeda faction that has captured major cities, seized hundreds of millions of dollars and forced more than a half-million people to flee their homes this week.

America has 35,000 troops station around the Middle East, a Pentagon official confirmed on Wednesday, including 10,000 in nearby Kuwait.

A State Department official told MailOnline on background that there are no plans to use them.

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My Comment: The U.S. may be hesitant but the Iranians are now rushing in .... Iran’s special forces rush in to help floundering ally -- The Times