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Combat vision. if we were envisioning a combat operation, we probably would be contemplating more than 50 troops on the ground. white house press secretary josh earnest explaining a major shift in president obama's syria strategy. it's time for our sunday group, syndicated columnist george will, ron fournier, liz cheney, and former senator evan bayh. liz, start us off here. the president said two years ago definitively i'm not going to put american forces on the ground in syria. two years later, here we are. >> it's no longer news that the president does something that contradicts statements...

The u.s. mission in syria is about to get more complicated. the white house announced friday that a small contingent of special operation forces will be sent to northern syria to work with opposition fighters who are battling isis. but the white house insists the u.s. forces will play an advisory role. they will not be engaging in direct combat. >> i think if we were envisioning a combat operation, we probably would be contemplating more than 50 troops on the ground. because the responsibility they have is not to lead the charge to take a hill but, rather, to offer advice and assistance to tho...

In their own country. that's the responsibility that they have. that's the mission that the commander-in-chief has given them. on an operational basis in terms of where they will be operating, with whom they are partnering, i think for pretty obvious reasons those are not details we can get to in public. >> i want to get back to what christian was asking about which is i want to have a moment of clarity. >> that's the reason i'm here. the question that the american people have which is this president, this white house, the officials here at this it white house have repeatedly over and over aga...

Thornberry of texas saying quote i do not see a strategy for success. rather it seems the administration is trying to avoid a disaster while the president runs out the clock. >> senator tim cain, democrat from virginia says it's time for congress to do its most solemn job, to debate and declare war. >> many experts remain skeptical. >> i'm disgusted, no i'm not angry, i'm disgusted. they may be really bad options, but if they're the only ones you've got left, they're the ones you used because you passed up everything else. we've passed up a lot of stuff. >> brett, the white house continues to ...

Men and women in the military make for our security and no one is more keenly aware of that than the commander in chief. but at the same time responsibilities are different. if we envision a combat operation we would be comtemplating more than 50 troops on the ground. but because of the responsibility they have is not to lead the charge to take a hill, but rather to offer advice and assistance to local forces about the best way to organize their efforts to take take the hill inside of syria. that is the role that they will be playing. again, it means they are in a dangerous situation and it me...