Page 37 - Combat Role News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

I have bracelets on my wrist of gold star families given to me at funerals of their sons and i'm not eager to do another one of those funerals in the future, but by the same token i don't want men or women like them to have died in vain. when we say there is radical islamic terrorism like a virus, we want to make sure it doesn't spread. >> you say you wouldn't take anything off the table. you are president today and talking about leadership would you commit ground forces, whether it is a full-scale invasion, or ground forces would you commit to a combat role? >> it would require a number of th...

But it does raise this question you know will the law of averages run out for the u.s. some day here as these attacks continue. right now the pentagon is calling them ineffective. thankfully no u.s. casualties. but make no mistake obviously there's a concern. you have 320 u.s. troops there. you have this constant barrage of fire. a lot of worry about making sure that those u.s. troops number one, can be kept safe and two, that if they are not in combat at least combat doesn't come to them. >> so, of course that begs the question if these are not precise now if and when that changes, i know you...

Them. look we have you know dozens and dozens of u.s. combat aircraft flying over iraq and syria every day, a jordanian pilot already down and in isis hands. so there is combat going on make no mistake. the president is talking about boots on the ground in a combat role. the problem is this is beginning to under score that very thin line. they may not be there in a combat role they are in anbar at these bases to advise assist and train iraqi forces but if this type of fire if this type of attack keeps coming at them at what point do they have to push back simply from text themselves. big quest...

Troops. there is a lot of worry that eventually hopefully not, but eventually one of those troops could suffer injuries. there could be u.s. casualties there. the pentagon not saying at this point whether it has changed security measures there. the troops that are there, 320 u.s. troops they are conducting training advising assisting for iraqi forces trying to get them back in the fight, but the concern, of course is that the fight doesn't come to the doorstep of those u.s. forces. president obama vowing that u.s. forces will not be in a combat role. the concern about these attacks, these rock...

A combat role, although it will be a part of a major role there training and support for those afghan troops. there's a separate counterterrorism measure. also when i was talking to general barry mccaffrey yesterday, he said look we should not underestimate the sacrifice of those who are there to advise. he was wounded twice in vietnam as an adviser. so, the president acknowledging that afghanistan remains a very dangerous place. it's been three months since they elected a new president. they still don't have the cabinet in place. so there are still a lot of challenges going forward, joy. >> c...