CNN: Pentagon might propose sending ground troops to Syria
Washington (CNN)The Defense Department might propose that the US send conventional ground combat forces into northern Syria for the first time to speed up the fight against ISIS, CNN has learned.
"It's possible that you may see conventional forces hit the ground in Syria for some period of time," one defense official told CNN.
But the official emphasized that any decision is ultimately up to President Donald Trump, who has ordered his defense secretary to come up with a proposal to combat ISIS before the end of the month.
The move would significantly alter US military operations in Syria if approved and could put troops on the ground within weeks.
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Update: Pentagon may recommend U.S. deploy combat troops in Syria: CNN (Reuters)
WNU Editor: When it came to Syria (and Iraq) .... the Pentagon and the previous Obama administration were doing what I called at the time "mission creep" .... but this new policy .... if adopted .... would be a major change and escalation. And while I can understand the desire to destroy the Islamic State as quickly as possible ....U.S. intervention in this part of the world has shed a lot of blood and treasure, and I have trouble digesting any proposal that will only continue these policies of the past.
