17.09.2014 - 17:55 [ USA Today ]

Obama insists: No U.S. ground combat troops in Iraq

„I will not commit you, and the rest of our armed forces, to fighting another ground war in Iraq,“ Obama told troops at the U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Fla.

After a briefing with military leaders at CENTCOM, Obama said forces in Iraq and Syria must fight ground battles against the Islamic State, a jihadist group also known as ISIL and ISIS.