The US is sending more than 100 additional troops to northern Iraq to assess the military and humanitarian situation in Irbil. The move comes as the military is exploring oiptions to get the Yazidis off of Mount Sinjar. The logistics would be brutal and may require hundreds of US troops. Here's how our erudite Secrectary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, announced the deployment: "The president has authorized for me to go ahead and authorize about 130 new assessment team members," said Hagel. Another member of the most brilliant administration in history. The Hill: He said the advisers arrived in Erbil Tuesday morning to look at humanitarian relief options for tens of thousands of people from the Yazidi religious sect. The refugees have been trapped on mountains amid fighting between Kurdish forces and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).  The additional troops are comprised of Marines and special operations forces from the U.S. Central...(Read Full Post)