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Pentagon: We're in Combat in Iraq

• AntiWar.com

After months of parsing the definition of the word combat in public statements, the Pentagon appears to have formally given up on the pretense that the Iraq War is purely "advisory" for ground troops, with Col. Steve Warren declaring in a briefing to reporters "we're in combat."

Col. Warren went on to say "of course it's combat," and "that's why we all carry guns," a frank assessment that belies the long-standing attempts to portray what was happening there as something less, an effort which was still going on as recently as Monday,

The White House still seems to be trying to mince words, declining to cleanly label the mission as combat, even though the Pentagon already is, on the ground that it's "different" from other combat operations in the past in Iraq. They also attempted to paint the slain US special forces soldier from last week as having made a decision himself to get involved in fighting during an "advisory" mission.


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