claim: says president barack obama never said, "no boots on the ground" in syria.
author: john kirby
evidence_1: oct 30, 2015 ... white house says decision to send special forces to syria isn't a reversal in  strategy. ... 16 times obama said there would be no boots on the ground in syria  ... earnest said the promises of "no boots on the ground" first came in the context  of removing syrian president bashar assad because of his use of ...
evidence_2: oct 30, 2015 ... but obama has actually said no boots on the ground repeatedly in 2013, before  adjusting his language slightly -- but notably -- in 2014. here's a recap of how he  ... "the president has ruled out the option of deploying american boots on the  ground in iraq and in syria in a combat role." -earnest in a press ...
evidence_3: sep 10, 2013 ... president obama says he will not put american boots on the ground in syria.  more from cnn at http://www.cnn.com/
evidence_4: apr 26, 2016 ... three years ago, president obama said he did not “foresee a scenario in which  boots on the ground in syria, american boots on the ground in syria would not ...  ...so if this clown admiral at the state dept says "no boots on the ground" does he  mean to say the "troops" are wearing flip flops or high heels?
evidence_5: apr 26, 2016 ... there's confusion in washington over the us president's order to send an extra  250 troops to syria. ... barack obama had repeatedly pledged to avoid putting  boots on the ground - although according to the state department, that's not the  case. .... funny how you try to insult me, yet say we are agreeing?