President Obama Promises No U.S. Boots On The Ground In Iraq But A Long Campaign Against The Islamic State

Obama Warns Of Extended Campaign Against ISIS -- Time

The President makes his first public comments on the U.S. military campaign in Iraq since returning from vacation.

President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday that the United States would not rest until it brought to justice the killer of American journalist James Foley at the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).

“Rooting out a cancer like [ISIS] won’t be easy and it won’t be quick,” Obama told an audience of veterans and their families at the American Legion National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. a week after the extremist group released a video showing the graphic execution of Foley by an ISIS fighter. These were Obama’s first public comments on the conflict since returning from vacation on Martha’s Vineyard.

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Update: Obama: U.S. Combat Troops Will Not Return to Iraq -- US Department of Defense

My Comment: A long campaign but no U.S. boots on the ground .... call me skeptical.