Just think how many times you heard president Obama announce that no Americans, I mean NO AMERICANS, would be sent to fight in Syria, ever, period! He didn't mean it. It seems that when Obama made that promise, he had his fingers crossed behind his back. The White House announced yesterday that the USA would increase the number of American troops in Syria six fold. What had been a tiny force of advisors/coordinators is now much bigger.
I am not commenting here on the merits of Americans fighting ISIS in Syria. That is a different discussion. Instead, I just think it is worth pointing out that Obama is untruthful and unreliable. For years he told us that no Americans would go to Syria or Iraq. Then he sent troops to Iraq but told us that Americans would not engage in combat. Then he sent thousands more troops to Iraq and mixed them into combat (although he still claimed that we were not "fighting" there.) Then he sent the first few troops to Syria as advisors. Now he is vastly increasing the number of advisors. How long will it be until we have thousands in Syria fighting ISIS in combat?
It would have been easy for Obama to have been honest with the American people. He could have told us that ISIS is a threat with which we must deal. He could have told us that while he would prefer not to use US troops, he would if they were needed. He could have said that he has decided that only involvement by American forces will evict ISIS from its caliphate. He did not say these things and instead he chose to lie. Actually, maybe he didn't lie. Maybe Obama is so delusional that he really thought ISIS was the jayvee team, that the Iraqis could oust ISIS on their own, that the Syrians would throw ISIS out without help, etc. You choose now. Is Obama just a blatant liar, or is he totally delusional? It's not a happy choice.
I am not commenting here on the merits of Americans fighting ISIS in Syria. That is a different discussion. Instead, I just think it is worth pointing out that Obama is untruthful and unreliable. For years he told us that no Americans would go to Syria or Iraq. Then he sent troops to Iraq but told us that Americans would not engage in combat. Then he sent thousands more troops to Iraq and mixed them into combat (although he still claimed that we were not "fighting" there.) Then he sent the first few troops to Syria as advisors. Now he is vastly increasing the number of advisors. How long will it be until we have thousands in Syria fighting ISIS in combat?
It would have been easy for Obama to have been honest with the American people. He could have told us that ISIS is a threat with which we must deal. He could have told us that while he would prefer not to use US troops, he would if they were needed. He could have said that he has decided that only involvement by American forces will evict ISIS from its caliphate. He did not say these things and instead he chose to lie. Actually, maybe he didn't lie. Maybe Obama is so delusional that he really thought ISIS was the jayvee team, that the Iraqis could oust ISIS on their own, that the Syrians would throw ISIS out without help, etc. You choose now. Is Obama just a blatant liar, or is he totally delusional? It's not a happy choice.
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