President Barack Obama on Monday announced plans to send up to 250 more troops to Syria to allegedly aid in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS), just a day after he made emphatic statements against using ground troops to deal with the crisis there.
The deployment will increase the U.S. troop count in Syria to 300. Obama made the announcement during a visit to Hanover, Germany, stating that the decision comes in response to Syrian fighters recently gaining back territory from the militant group.
“Given the success, I’ve approved the deployment of up to 250 additional personnel in Syria, including special forces to keep up this momentum,” he said.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
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Last week, Obama also announced he would send 217 troops to Iraq to aid in the fight against ISIS.
The announcement garnered instant criticism from opponents of the so-called war on terror. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh told Democracy Now! on Monday that he was “horrified” by the news.
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