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We are not putting ground troops into Iraq ever again. And we're not putting ground troops into Syria. We're going to defeat ISIS without…

— Hillary Clinton

Unfortunately, the belief that U.S. military presence throughout the Middle East is no longer necessary - that we should simply bring our soldiers home…

— Michael Waltz

The combat [with ISIS] on the ground must be done by Muslim troops with our support. We must not get involved in perpetual warfare…

— Bernie Sanders

If you look at the current Mosul campaign against ISIL, for example the few thousand troops that we have there to support that effort…

— Barack Obama

It cannot be an American fight. And I think what the president [Barack Obama] has consistently said - which I agree with - is…

— Hillary Clinton

Isis combatants, foreign and domestic, plan to attack us regardless of whether we extend airstrikes into Syria. The deadly and fanatical nature of this…

— Wes Streeting

I would not use American ground forces in Syria. I think that would be a very serious mistake. I don't think American troops should…

— Hillary Clinton

Iraq will not allow any action on its soil that could harm the U.S. We don't want any action from our soil to target…

— Ahmed Chalabi

Clearly, a stable, unified and democratic Iraq cannot be achieved militarily by the U.S.

— John Olver

The big issue is whether the United States will succeed in its venture of reshaping the Middle East. It is not clear to me…

— Milton Friedman

It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the Sunnis, Shia…

— Anonymous

I think that, given the threat that ISIS poses to the region and beyond, as we have sadly seen in our own country, it…

— Hillary Clinton