300 US Advisors Heading To Iraq; Obama Pledges To Eye ‘Mission Creep’

300 US Advisors Heading To Iraq; Obama Pledges To Eye ‘Mission Creep’
300 US Advisors Heading To Iraq; Obama Pledges To Eye ‘Mission Creep’

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama today outlined a careful commitment of US forces to Iraq, pledging to watch any “mission creep” as he sends an initial 300 special operations advisors to gauge the strengths, weaknesses and cohesiveness of Iraq’s security forces as they battle the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The U.S., Obama…

The New Great Power Triangle Tilt: China, Russia Vs. U.S.

WASHINGTON: The careful diplomatic stagecraft behind President Barack Obama’s recent European visit to celebrate the 70th anniversary of D-Day and to rally the Western alliance against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine was all but swept aside by strong new currents in geopolitics. While Obama talked tough in Poland to reassure NATO’s vulnerable eastern members, Russian President…