U.s. Boots Stepping Closer To Iraq

Mark Thompson, Time: World
Wed, 08/13/2014 - 5:41pm

MoreThe Yezidis—and the Kurds—Hope for U.S. Salvation in IraqEvacuation Mission ‘Less Likely’ After U.S. Special Forces Land on Iraq MountainHow the Pentagon Would Save the Stranded Refugees in Northern IraqThose increasingly loud footsteps you hear could be the sound of U.S. military boots marching closer to Iraq, following a visit Wednesday by 20 U.S.

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