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   From: swift@swift.com   
      
   This "man" should be dressed in pink and yellow.  What a gutless   
   puke.   
      
   Emphasizing the American military’s unrivaled expertise,   
   President Obama thanked service members Wednesday and repeated   
   that U.S. forces taking on the Islamic State militant group   
   would not serve in combat, a day after his top general   
   repeatedly raised that prospect.   
      
   American forces “do not and will not have a combat mission,”   
   Obama told troops at the U.S. Central Command headquarters here.   
   “They will support Iraqi forces on the ground as they fight for   
   their own country against these terrorists.”   
      
   He made that pledge a day after Gen. Martin Dempsey, the   
   chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the military’s top   
   officer, described for a Senate panel the challenges of fighting   
   the militants without combat troops on the ground.   
      
   “If we reach the point where I believe our advisors should   
   accompany Iraqi troops on attacks against specific ISIL targets,   
   I’ll recommend that to the president,” Dempsey said Tuesday,   
   using an alternate acronym for the extremist group.   
      
   Obama has repeatedly said that the U.S. strategy would not   
   involve troops on the ground. That policy, however, allows him   
   room to maneuver. He’s already authorized 1,600 troops to advise   
   and train Iraqi forces, and White House officials have not ruled   
   out the possibility that that number may grow.   
      
   BWAK! BWAK! BWAK! BWAK!   
      
   http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-obama-central-   
   command-tampa-20140917-story.html   
      
       
      
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