Obama tells Congress U.S. deploying up to 275 troops to Iraq

Reuters ^ | 6-16-2014 | Reuters

[combat_boots]

[keat]

In a separate announcement, the President announced that the 275 troops would be returning to the U.S. on June 30th.

[musicman]

(That was great!!)

[Billthedrill]

“Spartaaaaaans? What is YOUR profession?”

[no-to-illegals]

John Wayne on liberals ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btvSE6tVHzQ ... What would John Wayne do?

[stevie_d_64]

Well shoot...If he’d have rounded the nuber up to 300, you’d have some interesting puns to talk about...

Leonidas and his 300 Spartans in he battle of Thermopylae...

Nahhhhhh, it wouldn’t be that dramatic or as noble a cause...

Especially the asshat who is giving the orders to deploy...

You don’t want to know what my wife just said now about this from Obama...A bunch of [expletive deleted]!!!

I was in the Navy, and just damn, I never cussed THAT much!!! Geesh!!!

[COBOL2Java]

I doubt they will be given bullets or sharp instruments of war either.

Will they be wearing blue helmets?

[stevie_d_64]

That’s what I was thinking...I missed this post before my last one...

[plain talk]

President Barack Obama told Congress on Monday the United States was deploying up to 275 military personnel to provide support and security for U.S. personnel and the country's embassy in Baghdad

Could result in 275 hostages

[Gene Eric]

So we can manipulate the regime’s foreign policy by determining which scandal gets the greatest attention?

[wally_bert]

Maybe a few re-habbed Brewster Buffaloes?

[RandallFlagg]

I’d guess that he didn’t deploy 300 because it might upset the jihadists. So, he cut it short.

[keat]

Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens:

I especially like the last paragraph:

U.S. citizens traveling abroad should regularly monitor the U.S. Department of State's, Bureau of Consular Affairs website, where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and Country Specific Information can be found. The U.S. Embassy also encourages U.S. citizens to review "A Safe Trip Abroad,” which includes valuable security information for those living and traveling abroad. Follow us on Twitter and the Bureau of Consular Affairs page on Facebook as well. In addition to information on the Internet, travelers may obtain the latest information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States and Canada, or outside the United States and Canada on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).

A. Don't bother calling on weekends or Holidays.

B. Stranded by your State Department in a hell-hole of blood-thirsty Jihadis? There's an app for that.

[Sarah Barracuda]

And what does Obama hope to accomplish by sending over 275 troops..but wait..I thought Obama was never going to send US troops to Iraq again..silence from the media

[1010RD]

He was going to send in the Duke Lacrosse team, but the faculty wouldn’t go for it.

[don-o]

THis is The Onion, right?

[butterdezillion]

He’s gonna do to them what he did to Extortion 17, what ya wanna bet? I trust him as far as I can singlehandedly throw the entire city of Baghdad.

Tell the innocents to get out and then make Iraq a glass cemetery for ISIS, where their mutilated genitals can rot away separate from the “paradise” where they are looking longingly at the 72 virgins they can never use.

[tcrlaf]

Paul Bremer is just SMASHING Erin Burnett on CNN right now, over this. She is a COMPLETE IDIOT.

[ColdOne]

What is he telling her?

[grobdriver]

Jeez... 275 are called hostages.
2750 would be better...