Cenk Uygur
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300 Troops To Iraq - Is Obama On A Fool's Errand?
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June 20, 2014
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11:31Now Playing"President Obama announced Thursday that he is sending up to 300 U.S. troops to Iraq to help Iraqi military forces deal with an onslaught by radical Islamist fighters inspired by al-Qaeda.
Addressing the Iraq situation in a statement from the White House Briefing Room, Obama insisted that he would not send combat troops back into Iraq. He said the contingent he is sending would operate as "advisers."
He stopped short of openly calling for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step down, but he stressed that Iraq needs leadership that is more accommodating toward the country's ethnic and religious minorities."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola break it down.breaks it down.
*Read more here from William Branigin / The Washington Post:
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