Although I despise Obambi and am in no way defending him, he has to lie about having boots on the ground to protect them.
Everyone who cares knows how the game is played by now.
It's all so "rinse & repeat" assembly line for profit warfare to further a greater agenda that's not good for any of us.
The point is that if it were Bush, the media would be screaming about his lie and doing everything they could to out the troops who are there.