US Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced on Friday that the US-led coalition will put boots on ground in Syria and Iraq to fight against the Daesh terrorist group. The news immediately provoked indignation among Twitter users saying the decision was reminiscent of 2001 and it felt like Groundhog Day.
@FoxNews Here we go again…..
— Gina Genochio (@GinaGenochio) January 22, 2016
It's like fucking Groundhog Day. #ISIS #BootsOnTheGround https://t.co/GM6h0kO5uw
— Levi (@LeviticusMaxima) January 22, 2016
@FoxNews Welcome to 2001 Ash Carter… #DOD #Pentagon #ObamaFail #Whitehouse
— Bleed Crimson (@BleedCrimson15) January 22, 2016
Does the US government understand or care that "boots on the ground" in #Syria means armed invasion? Law of the jungle still? 2916? #uspoli
— Brad Cabana (@BradCabana) January 22, 2016
Previously, US President Barack Obama repeatedly vowed that there would be no American presence on the ground in Syria and Iraq. It seems, though, that social media users were expecting Washington to break the promise.
Aug 7 2014: "Limited" "humanitarian" airstrikes in Iraq Jan 22 2016: Boots on the ground in Iraq pic.twitter.com/x12OLwVOYp
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) January 22, 2016
U.S. to Put 'Boots on the Ground' in Iraq to Combat ISIL https://t.co/oLrwwhKTn8 More things change, the more they stay the same. MORE WAR!
— IG: ijustdontget_it (@cypherdivine) January 22, 2016
Obama said there would be "no boots on the ground in Syria" at least 16 times. https://t.co/aIsMhzV1eg https://t.co/1B9efkseHw
— Serge (@Zinvor) January 22, 2016
US seemingly giving No F*cks about NO Boots on the Ground in #Syria policy | https://t.co/ENvoQPMNLV #bootsontheground
— Raʾs al-Ġūl (@PaxAfricanus) January 22, 2016
Daesh is a terrorist organization active in both Iraq and Syria and prohibited in numerous countries including the United States and Russia.
