U.S. State Department: President Obama Never Committed To Having 'No U.S. Boots On The Ground In Syria'

RT: No boots on ground in Syria, but US troops wearing boots & on ground are there ‒ State Dept

Despite repeated promises to the contrary, US troops are in Syria, and the Pentagon has sent 250 more. But the State Department says those American soldiers wearing boots in Syria aren’t actually “boots on the ground.”

President Barack Obama confirmed plans to dramatically increase the American troop presence in Syria by deploying an additional 250 personnel, bringing the total to 300. He said the troops would help drive out Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).

In 2013, Obama promised not to put any “American boots on the ground in Syria.”

The president repeated that claim in a September 2014 interview on ‘Meet the Press’.

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Update: State Department Furiously Denies Promising ‘No Boots on the Ground’ (Washington Free Beacon).

WNU Editor: Not the best moment for the U.S.State Department spokesman John Kirby.