Obama’s “Limited” Mission in Iraq
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 7th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Obama’s “Limited” Mission in Iraq
Speaking from the White House on Thursday night about his decision to use U.S. warplanes to airlift humanitarian aid to thousands of Yazidis trapped on a mountaintop in northern Iraq, and, where necessary, to launch airstrikes against the Islamic militants who are besieging them, President Obama stressed that the military operation he had ordered was a strictly limited one. “I will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in Iraq,” Obama said.
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