Bush: You need 'boots on the ground'
Source: The Hill
The United States will need combat troops on the ground to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), former President George W. Bush suggested in a new interview.
"The president will have to make that determination," Bush said in an interview published Friday with the Israel Hayom newspaper when asked if ISIS could be defeated without ground troops.
"My position was that you need to have boots on the ground," he said.
Bush made the comments days after President Obama said he was sending more troops to Iraq. Obama has authorized sending up to 450 additional U.S. troops "to train, advise, and assist" local Iraqi forces battling ISIS, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. They will not serve in combat.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/244883-bush-you-need-boots-on-the-ground
Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)hibbing
(10,109 posts)Go back to trying to paint your soul clean you bloody handed lying war criminal.
Peace
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Like we listen to you, Chimpy.
Will we ever recover from the BushCo. War Criminal Regeime?!?
Camelback
(27 posts)And before that Korea.
In spite of who may have been responsible for them.
But I'll admit there were times when I wasn't too sure.
Judi Lynn
(160,620 posts)Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)...Come to that, we haven't recovered from the Civil War. All those vets might be dead, and all those who lost loved ones in that war also long gone...but there are those still waving the confederate flag and hating on Abraham Lincoln, and worshiping their grandparents for fighting against the Union.
It's hard to predict what wars will stick with us or keep coming back to bite us on the ass. Isis, after all, is all about lines drawn in the Middle East up by the European powers in WWI.
jalan48
(13,883 posts)swilton
(5,069 posts)You can be the first.
PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)The one who originally put boots on the ground there, and likely played one of the largest roles in the current problem we're having. We should probably do the exact opposite of anything he thinks is a great idea.
rpannier
(24,338 posts)The cretin who started this whole mess
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)AngryDem001
(684 posts)I'll let Mr. Olbermann say it.
navarth
(5,927 posts)jaysunb
(11,856 posts)But the boots need to be from a multinational force or a complete regional contingent. Not American soldiers in any form.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)when using Bush in a headline -- papa Bush or Bush 2 or Jeb Bush or H.W. Bush or ???
Not a complaint. Just an idea. There will be many more Bush headlines in the coming months!
madokie
(51,076 posts)Best I can figure
navarth
(5,927 posts)Well, the slaves in his overseas factory make them anyway.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)So shut the hell up EX-President.
How the hell you won that 2nd election is a great mystery.
nikto
(3,284 posts)"Rich families' kids in boots on the ground".
MADem
(135,425 posts)foolishness.
tanyev
(42,610 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)Be the first "boots" on the ground.
PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)It's as if they think sending in the troops is the magic bullet that will magically wipe out ISIS for good. How does that work in their heads? How does it end? Endless stationing of US troops around Iraq again? Invading Syria when ISIS retreats back there?
lovuian
(19,362 posts)duke it out
No more of our kids dying over there
truthisfreedom
(23,154 posts)You're a fine one to talk about blood and treasure, president wmds.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)STFU. period.
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)Kennah
(14,315 posts)... "Brazilian boots?"
Bush pondered the question, then responded, "How many is a Brazilian?"