Posted on 10/10/2012 9:35:25 AM PDT by ColdOne
BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States has sent military troops to the Jordan-Syria border to bolster that country's military capabilities in the event that violence escalates along its border with Syria, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.
Speaking at a NATO conference of defense ministers in Brussels, Panetta said the U.S. has been working with Jordan to monitor chemical and biological weapons sites in Syria and also to help Jordan deal with refugees pouring over the border from Syria. The troops are also building a headquarters for themselves.
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The task force, which has been led by a senior American officer, is based at a Jordanian military training center built into an old rock quarry north of Amman.
They got ammo , they just are fish in a Barrel now .....
Congress came back to vote on this?
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I’m guessing it will be timed so that he can duck the next two debates claiming it’s a national emergency requiring his close attention.
Yup, not very convenient for the “one”
they will have live ammo just won’t be authorized to use it.
I sure hope this Arab spring thing gets done uncoiling someday.
We must escalate!
The US didn’t send them. The Obama administration did. Conress has been been stripped - raped, if you will - of it’s Constitutional authority once again with no protest whatsoever.
Autocracy. It's the new "normal".
They will perform to the best of their ability when called upon.
But I wonder when he is going to inform Congress?
Thanks ColdOne. Zero’s fundraising includes illegal overseas donations; Zero’s Fast and Furious policy continues to result in the murders of US citizens and law enforcement, not to mention Mexican nationals; Zero’s singlehandedly dismantled the US economy; Zero’s responsible for the murder of a US ambassador and destruction of the embassy; Zero’s talked tough about Iran and Syria, and done nothing; Zero’s systematically abandoned the US’ allies while favoring Islamofascist despotates; and now US troops will be ideally positioned to watch the overthrow of another US-friendly regime while doing nothing about it.
The congress is just another bump in the road.
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