Obama: US Troops Won’t Launch Land War in Iraq, Saudi to Train Syria Terrorists
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"The American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission," Obama told American troops at the headquarters of US Central Command in Florida.
Obama has repeatedly stressed that, despite ordering air strikes against ISIL in Syria and Iraq, he will not send US troops back to fight another land war in the region.
US president noted Saudi Arabia's willingness to base a US mission to train the Syria terrorist groups on its soil.