Dempsey assures necessity of US ground troops in Iraq

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The US head of the US Chiefs of Staff, Martin Dempsey, assured the necessity of the US ground troops in Iraq.

In a press conference he said “If the situation escalated to the point where ISIS became a direct threat to the US homeland, he would recommend the use of ground forces on specific ISIS-held targets. And he speculated on certain missions in which ground troops might be necessary. For example, he said, he would recommend US military advisers currently in Iraq join Iraqi Security Forces in a theoretical mission to retake Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul.” /End/