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Intervention. you've advocated for intervention in the case of libya. what do you make of today's announcement? >> well, i think today's announcement is probably an acknowledgment of something that's been going on for a little while. the u.s. has hooked one a leftist kurdish militia in northeast syria which has been the best syrian actor for fighting isil. and since obama's emphasis is on defeating isil, perhaps depriving it of its capital in syria at raqqa, it is the kurds with which the u.s. is partnering. >> the kurds have been probably the most effective if not one of the most effective fo...

Campaign. >> reporter: he consistently said he's not going to put boots on the ground, josh. you don't deny that. he's consistently said that. that would not be part of this strategy. >> well, again, kristen, the only quote you read to me is a quote from 2013 that is a direct question related to what we were prepared to do to ensure that our concerns about the assad regime and the need for regime change were implemented. the fact is the president said we are not going to implement a military strategy to take down bashar al assad. what we want to do is we want to build the capacity of local for...

Forces against bashar al assad, and the forces there of isis operating in syria. and this is once again a new posture. we want to welcome in the viewers of the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, and we have barbara starr standing by, and nick walton -- nick paton walsh is on the ground there in syria, and also, clarissa ward, our foreign affairs correspondent. and barbara, what are you hearing? >> well w u.s. troops will be at pass risk, but using the words that the white house needs to use, it is not a combat mission. so what are the special

Supplying the ypg fighters with heavier weapon, and armour piercing weapons. they are going to be going up against the isis who have more heavy weapon, and most of them american wep wons, they have taken from the army on the ground. and many to this point is the result of air support, coalition air support, and the air strikes have been undoubtedly a real game-change pore the kurdish fighters on the ground. and if you want to go into the next level into iraq ka, which is an arab and not kurdish stronghold, ultimately the fighters that we spent time with are going to be be looking for the heavi...

Be as specific and clear as possible exactly what it is that they are doing. their mission is -- >> you're denying the onset of this military operation against isis that the impression was not given to the american people that there would not be a combat role. i recognize there's some double negatives in there. at the onset of this, any rational person would conclude that the impression was given to the american people that there would not be a combat mission. it now appears there are going to be occasions where there will be a combat element to what u.s. troops are doing in iraq and syria. so...