Episode 842 • • 2:20:37 - 2:23:13
842: CannMed
Mosul Troop Deployment, Mission Creep and State Department Rhetoric
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced the deployment of 560 additional troops to Iraq to assist in the effort to retake Mosul. State Department spokespeople denied that this constitutes "mission creep," arguing that the mission itself has not changed. The hosts mock the linguistic gymnastics used by officials to justify increasing military presence in the region.