US News Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich believes the deployment of American troops in Jordan - which was announced Wednesday - brings the United States "immeasurably" closer to being dragged into the civil war in Syria.
"I can see in a moment how it happens: we're a few dozen miles from the Syrian border and all of a sudden we are within the reach of physical danger. All it takes is a single incident," Kucinich said in a phone interview with U.S. News.
The Ohio congressman complained that the commander-in-chief sent the troops to Jordan "without notifying Congress." Ironically, Kucinich noted, the Obama administration announced the deployment exactly ten years after the House of Representatives authorized President George W. Bush to invade Iraq.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta disclosed on Wednesday that over 100 American troops had been sent to near the Jordanian border with Syria.
"As we've said before, we have been planning for various contingencies, both unilaterally and with our regional partners," explained Pentagon spokesman George Little in a statement reported by The Associated Press.
The AP reports that the U.S. troops will be working on "increased cooperation and more detailed planning" in response to the Syrian conflict.
Kucinich, however, doesn't see the necessity of sending troops. "Putting U.S. troops on that border draws the U.S. much closer to war in Syria, which is a nightmare already and can be more of a nightmare for our country," he said. "The talk of stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons ... that's an argument for making an effort to try to lessen the violence, not intensify it."
"There's a trail of causality here," Kucinich added. "Once you position U.S troops on the border of a conflict area, it immeasurably increases the possibility of the U.S. getting drawn into the conflict - because we're there."
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It is hitting the news today that the US has, make that had as in previously, sent a team of advisors to Jordan. These advisors have been there for sometime now. The US is merely confirming this very old news- If you have been following along here you would have known special ops were present in Jordan in 2011. It was mentioned in this post - Dec 13/2011Syria: the beat goes on Part 3[Link]
Quoting from my previous post...
“USSF Soldiers were in Jordan as part of a Joint Combined Exchange Training exercise, or JCET, with Jordanian forces. These types of exercises are designed to provide training opportunities for American Special Forces in countries that the forces may one day have to operate in, as well as providing training opportunities for the armed forces of the host country.”
Then again in May 2012 the special ops in Jordan are mentioned. Eager Lions[Link]
Here is the latest "news" that is not really all that new US Troops operating in Jordan near Syrian border [Link]
Except for the talk is of a “buffer zone”, but then if one is preparing for attack.......
“the possibility of a buffer zone in southern Syria, enforced by Jordanian troops with American logistical support, had also been discussed.”
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US troops are operating in Jordan near the Syrian border in the biggest fixed deployment of American force in the region since the end of operations in Libya last year, officials have confirmed."