into syria, how many is he talking about? good morning, carol. first up, he s talking off the top there about the 50 or so special operations forces that are scheduled to arrive in northern syria really at any point now. this has been in the works for some weeks. but carter does go on and he talks about the establishment of what he calls an expeditionary force. very important bureaucratic words, but very important military words. expeditionary. that means what he is talking about are even more forces on the ground, mobile. expeditionary, means they can go from point a to point b, and these will be special operation forces, in addition to the 50 or so in syria, that will be able to go on very dangerous missions, go on raids, go on missions looking for high-value isis targets, free hostages, go on intelligence-gathering missions. they will be outside the wires, so to speak, not just sitting on