{"id":17319,"date":"2014-10-06T11:01:18","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T10:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/17319-graham-need-u-s-boots-on-the-ground-to-defeat-isis"},"modified":"2023-01-14T23:26:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T22:26:17","slug":"graham-need-u-s-boots-on-the-ground-to-defeat-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/graham-need-u-s-boots-on-the-ground-to-defeat-isis\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham: Need U.S. boots on the ground to defeat ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"graham\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-41057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/graham.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px\" \/>U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said Sunday that American ground troops need to go to Syria and Iraq because air strikes will not be enough to defeat ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Senator from South Carolina said on CNN: \u201cThere is no way I can see to fix the problem in Iraq and Syria without American ground troops,\u201d \u201cYou need boots on the ground and these are human beings with hope and dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Graham said it will take too long to make progress if American troops are not involved on the ground, and that the group will only get stronger during that time.<\/p>\n<p>He said it will take more than the 4,000 troops to complete the mission of defeating ISIS or ISIL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think most Americans understand that if we don\u2019t defeat ISIL, if they survive our best shot, we are not as safe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said Sunday that American ground troops need to go to Syria and Iraq because air strikes will not be enough to defeat ISIS. 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