The President was to meet the American commanders in charge of the campaign against ISIS after the country's top military officer admitted for the first time yesterday that the need could arise of US ground troops to defeat the militants.
This statement has put General Martin Dempsey at odds with the promise of the White House that there will be "no US boots on the ground".
Dempsey has reportedly indicated that US troops could be embedded as advisers with Iraqi forces during missions to retake jihadist-occupied cities or to help guide American jets during complicated air strikes.
The statements of Dempsey would suggest that US forces would be dragged further into a foreign conflict, and is likely to alarm the American public, which is firmly opposed to ground troops returning to the Middle East. President Barack Obama had promised to a war-weary country that the campaign against ISIS "will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil".
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