US Lt. Gen. Paul Funk greets Kurdish commanders of Syrian Democratic Forces in Manbij, Syria, February 2018. EA Worldview
Task & Purpose: US Troops Have Fought ISIS In Direct Ground Combat More Than You Think
U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria sent in for the so-called “advise and assist” mission against the Islamic State have engaged in direct combat with the terror group more often than you’d think, according to individual award citations obtained by Code Red News.
“I want the American people to understand how this effort will be different from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” President Barack Obama said in Sep. 2014. “It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil. This counterterrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out ISIL wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for partner forces on the ground.”
As Obama and Pentagon leaders often explained, the battle against ISIS was to be waged by and through regional partners, with U.S. troops staying in the background safely behind the lines, with the exception of occasional special operations raids. But, as the award citations show, the advisory role Americans were engaged in — at least during the spring of 2016 — was plenty dangerous.
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WNU Editor: Cannot say that I am surprised. These embedded U.S. troops .... when they see their fellow allies under threat and fire .... do not strike me as the type who would stay back and just be a witness to the fight. They are going to get directly involved.
1 comment:
It makes sense to get involved.
You increase your chances of survival.
With your fire power added to the fray the fight is over quicker and usually in your favor. That is your in danger or a shorter period of time.
Also if your 'allies'see you pulling some weight, actually helping them out, keeping them safer, they will look out for you more.
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