Sources: Obama Administration To Drop Troop Levels In Iraq To 3,000 | FoxNews.com
Obama’s purse chihuahua yaps about disastrous U.S. troop levels in Iraq.
A senior military official said by reducing the number of troops to 3,000, the White House has effectively reduced the mission to training only.
“There is almost no room for security operations in that number; it will be almost purely a training mission,” this official said. The official added that a very small number of troops within that 3,000 will be dedicated to counter-terrorism efforts, but that’s not nearly what Gen. Lloyd Austin, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, wanted.
This shift is seen by various people as a cost-saving measure and a political measure. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday that the U.S. has operated responsibly to meet the year-end deadline to remove troops from … Continue reading