Obama says he won't send ground troops to fight in Iraq, but instead will [ "forward-deploy" some of the "advisers" ]( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/20/obama-war-legal-rationale-isis ) . In practice, it may be the same thing. There may be some advantage in this disguise; until ISIS kills some on the battlefield, the US could claim not to have troops fighting in Iraq, much as [ Putin pretended not to have Russian troops fighting in Ukraine ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#02_September_2014_(Thousands_of_Russian_soldiers_sent_to_places_near_Ukraine) ) .
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#21_September_2014_%28Obama_to_forward-deploy_some_advisors%29