Here's the latest from the "war" that just keeps on giving (more dead bodies, that is):
A detachment of US Marines has been dispatched to Iraq to join the ground fight against Isis.
The Marines sent are from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), an air-ground fighting force of 2,200 soldiers. However, it is not clear how many of these soldiers will actually be deployed to Iraq.
There are around 3,600 US army personnel already stationed in Iraq. They are leading air strikes against Isis forces, supplying arms to the Kurdish peshmerga, carrying out humanitarian air drops and providing intelligence and support to the Kurdish and Iraqi armies.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-dispatches-marines-ground-fight-against-isis-in-iraq-a6942886.html
Didn't you, like me, think this war was over?
What is the Congressional authorization for this escalation?
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