Why are US troops involved in the Syrian civil war?

Obama has crossed his own red line.....


http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-syria-deployment-obama-crosses-own-red-line-071956227--politics.html#


Deploying a handful of U.S. special operations forces to Syria will not change this situation significantly," said Frederic Hof, Obama's former Syria special adviser. "It is a Band-Aid of sorts."

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said the latest escalation "is unlikely to succeed in achieving our objective of defeating IS and instead threatens to embroil the United States in Syria's civil war."

Finally we get Pace to agree that the right decision is to abandon our Middle East presence. About time you used your brain.

2seaoat wrote:Finally we get Pace to agree that the right decision is to abandon our Middle East presence.   About time you used your brain.

Hey Boy....your messiah thinks it's the right thing to do.....and you agree with him and have for many years...

Now the Syrians say the presence of 50 SOF is not wanted....but Obama puts them there anyhow..


http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-mp-us-decision-send-troops-aggression-114009918.html

So what happens when the Ruskies drop a bomb on the heads of one of the anti-Assad militia groups we are supporting ... and some of our guys happen to be embedded with them?