Watch Obama Promise He'd Never Send Troops To Syria

Watch Obama Promise He'd Never Send Troops To Syria

OOPS: Watch Obama Promise That He’d Never Send Troops To Syria

"My answer is simple: I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria."

OCTOBER 30, 2015 By Sean Davis

If you like your boots-free Syria, you can keep your boots-free Syria.

The White House reversed course today and announced that the Obama administration would be deploying special forces troops and military advisers to Syria. The new White House policy directly contradicts multiple promises personally made by President Barack Obama in 2013that he would not put combat boots on the ground in Syria.

“I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria,” Obama said during a televised national address on September 10, 2013. “I will not pursue an open-ended action like Iraq or Afghanistan...”