This Just In: U.S. to Send Special Operations Forces to Syria
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
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U.S. sending special operations forces to Syria to advise allies fighting Islamic State https://t.co/vF4pOxlo9p
— WSJ Breaking News (@WSJbreakingnews) October 30, 2015 Context of breaking Syria story: WH denies this but "huge shift" for #Obama who vowed not to send U.S. troops there https://t.co/2f7oLy8EuX
— Marisa Taylor (@marisaataylor) October 30, 2015 Obama in Sept 2013: "My answer is simple, I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria" https://t.co/LUjZr2lInZ
— Lauren Luxenburg (@LaurenC_Lux) October 30, 2015 U.S. to deploy a small number of special forces to Syria. Something they've unofficially been doing for some time already
— Dominic Waghorn (@DominicWaghorn) October 30, 2015 @SCClemons As someone who argued for early intervention in Syria, I am just gobsmacked at the ad hockery of all this now.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 30, 2015Update: More here
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Krishnadev Calamur is a former senior editor at The Atlantic. He is the author of Murder in Mumbai.