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drray23

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11. what revelation?

Reply to cali (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2014, 02:41 PM

Sep 2014

That is ridiculous. The president has said several times that we had special forces and other troops on the ground to assess the situation and coordinate with kurds and iraqi army. Its not a revelation. The big difference is that we do not have 100,000 people mired in the desert.

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NBC's Richard Engel says boots are already on the ground, embedded with local fighters in Iraq [View all] cali Sep 2014 OP

So comparing this to Yemen and Somalia is an over simplification ... JoePhilly Sep 2014 #1

LOL....so true Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #7

Can see it all over DU today as well. JoePhilly Sep 2014 #10

They talked about the so called comparison of ISIS to Yemen and Somalia in that same program. jwirr Sep 2014 #28

Right ... which makes sense. JoePhilly Sep 2014 #29

Our boots are on the ground everywhere we see an interest newthinking Sep 2014 #2

a financial interest SummerSnow Sep 2014 #4

Yeah we didn't need Engel to tell us that. Obama told us that. Schema Thing Sep 2014 #3

Sounds like they're engaged in intelligence gathering MineralMan Sep 2014 #5

Precisely. Somebody's gotta be there to run the equipment, send back the logistics, and coordinate. msanthrope Sep 2014 #9

Oddly enough, that's just what the article at the link says. MineralMan Sep 2014 #12

Perhaps the OP did not read the whole article, merely the excerpt they put up. I'd like to think msanthrope Sep 2014 #14

All too often, OPs are posted after only a cursory glance MineralMan Sep 2014 #15

I find this one of the more disconcerting aspects of some OPs. Quality, not quantity, is a laudable msanthrope Sep 2014 #22

Yes. I do too. MineralMan Sep 2014 #23

Headline changing often indicates agenda-driven OPing. As for demonstrating a lack of knowledge msanthrope Sep 2014 #24

The U S has military personnel in one hundred thirty nations. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #6

This article's characterization of Richard Engel's reporting from Iraq is accurate. amandabeech Sep 2014 #8

Richard Engel has struck me, for a long time, as being slightly...off... TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #17

Engel is one of the more erudite reporters around with a deep knowledge of the region and cali Sep 2014 #20

He's not a reporter anymore. All he does is editorialize. I watched an interview TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #21

Check reply #25. It might answer some of your questions. n/t amandabeech Sep 2014 #27

He was clearly very troubled about the President's plan, amandabeech Sep 2014 #26

what revelation? drray23 Sep 2014 #11

Everyone KNows Special Operations Types Are Present, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2014 #13

Special forces are everywhere. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #16

Yeaaaaahhhh...we already knew this, Mr. Engel. nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #18

I saw this interview last nite and was wondering wtf was with him? Lawrence O'Donnell asked Engel jillan Sep 2014 #19

Richard Engel was kidnapped in Syria himself bklyncowgirl Sep 2014 #25

That attitude in your last sentence is an old one and honorable. My uncle who faught in Korea jwirr Sep 2014 #30

It was fascinating to me that Lawrence even thought to ask him that question & jillan Sep 2014 #31