US Army paratroopers prepare equipment and load aircraft at Fort Bragg, N.C. on Jan. 4, 2020. This Pentagon said their deployment is a response to increased threats against US personnel and facilities in Iraq.
(CNN)The Pentagon opened the door to the possibility of sending more American troops to the Middle East as part of a newly expanded NATO training mission to support Iraqi forces and ensure that ISIS does not rise again.
"The US is participating in the force generation process for NATO Mission Iraq and will contribute its fair share to this important expanded mission," Pentagon spokesperson Cmdr. Jessica L. McNulty told CNN.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke about the mission with his NATO counterparts during a meeting with defense ministers on Thursday.
Late Thursday night, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby clarified that there are "no plans" to send more US troops into Iraq itself. However, US troops could also support the mission from outside the country, a defense official told CNN.
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WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. If these US soldiers are deployed they will primarily be involved in targeting ISIS fighters. Not training Iraqi soldiers.
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Wanna bet on what the US troops do?
Wow, the shot callers in the Pentagon, the rest of the military, and the White House are losers.
They have learned from WW2 why the US had better pilots than the Japanese. It was not simple attrition although that was part of it. The US rotated its veteran pilots to training slots. The Japanese merely used their veteran pilots up. It would not have mattered in the end. Japan still would have lost, but they would have had a more favorable kill ratio. From the junta point of view, this is important. after 1942 o9r 1`943 they realized they could not win. They were holding out for a negotiated settlement not an unconditional surrender. A more favorable kill ratio would have helped.
They also might consider the correlation between traveling businessmen and vag cancer. How much better do the shot callers expect their underlings to be than themselves? 100% better? All these absences are not just about drugs, truck stops and disease.
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