Our dishonest Pentagon

The Pentagon said Thursday that U.S. troops were in a combat "situation" — but not a combat role — in Afghanistan, despite a team of Green Berets getting pinned down in a firefight this week that resulted in one being killed and two injured.

Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the soldiers were in a "support backup" role, training, advising and assisting their Afghan counterparts, who lead in fighting the Taliban.

"This is a combat situation, but they're not in the lead," Cook said during a briefing.
The team from 19th Special Forces Group came under fire on Tuesday and were pinned down for hours before another military team came to their aid.

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