Lies and liars.
I have no use for them. Obama is right at the top of the list.
Neither Obama nor Hagel can guarantee that if troops are in the area (boots on the ground), they won't be involved in combat. It's a stupid thing to say.
A useless lie.
So let me get this straight. Lets have a little exercise. You would prefer a situation in which the U.S. embassy is about to get overrun by IS. Obama should should just say, "sorry guys I'd love to help but you know I said we were not going to go boots on the ground so, good luck."
I've explained multiple times that the statement was in reference to supplying a ground combat unit to support the air strikes and go on the offensive against the IS. I think everybody should know that right now the plan is to have the Kurds do the heavy lifting on the ground. Yes we have troops on the ground providing the services I described in my previous posts but they were not sent there to be a land owning maneuver combat force against IS or to support the Kurds in their fight. They are there to to secure the U.S. embassy. That was the context of the question and of the anwer. I think you know this but it seems to be more important that you dig your heels in.