A flight deck shooter stands clear as a F/A-18C Hornet of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-87) takes off the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), in the Gulf August 12, 2014. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters
Obama Administration Considers Sending More Advisers To Iraq -- CBS
The Obama administration is considering sending more advisers to the city of Erbil in the Kurdish region of Iraq to help manage the ongoing crisis, CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin reports.
President Obama ordered up to 300 military advisers to Iraq in mid-June to assist Iraqi security forces and assess intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets in the region, 250 of whom are now on the ground. But there are no advisers in Erbil, close to where much of the fighting is taking place between the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and ISIS.
The advisers would, among other things, help manage the flow of arms deliveries to the Kurds, coordinate air strikes, and work on ways to help evacuate a group if religious minorities who are trapped on a mountain by ISIS without food or water.
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Update #1:Pentagon considering sending more advisers to Iraq as US military role deepens -- AP
Update #2: U.S. Could Announce More Troops to Iraq: Officials -- Newsweek/Reuters
My Comment: This is what "mission creep" looks like.
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