Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman denied recent media reports that the Obama Administration is in the midst of drawing up plans to deploy ground forces to Yemen to launch attacks on al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
“There is nobody in a leadership position in the Defense Department who has given any serious consideration to the proposal outlined in that article,” said Whitman, adding no changes in policy are being considered yet.
The comments were in response to a Wall Street Journal article which claimed officials were preparing to deploy SOCOM forces to Yemen and turning them over to CIA command. The deployments would be covert and without official Yemeni approval.
President Obama promised to launch revenge attacks against Yemeni-based AQAP in a speech Friday, insisting he would do whatever it takes to “destroy” the group in retalition for the failed mail bomb plot.
What putting soldiers on the ground?!
why would we do that when we can kill whoever we want from the air with out any consequences whats so ever,,,,,,
oh the mail is here,now where is my home explosive detection kit
* Pentagon denies plan for ground troops in Yemen *
Definition: Lie (verb); (i) to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive, (ii) to make a false or misleading statement.
Examples: (a) Pentagon has ground troops In Yemen but No Plan; or (b) Pentagon has Plan for 82nd & 101st Divisions in Yemen but since these aren't 'Leg' units they don't count as "ground troops".
Why not? Hitler and his bunch of nazis got away with it!
Of course no DoD wonk in a leadership position has considered the proposal outlined the article about Obama's drawing up plans for ground troops in Yemen… probably because they are already working on THEIR OWN plan for ground troops in Yemen. This statement is typical disinformation wrapped in plausible deniability as is usually put out by the USG. The question to ask is, "Has ANYONE formulated a plan for, or began preparations for, the introduction of ANY US forces into Yemen, or staging forces outside Yemen for any missions within the borders of Yemen- and if so, are these plans and preparations being acted upon by any branch of the US military or DoD civilian contractors?" You can rest assured that anything answer other than "yes" will be a lie.