The War in Iraq, Part What? - Hit & Run

The War in Iraq, Part ? - Hit & Run : Reason.com: 

The U.S. has denied troops deployed in Iraq to battle ISIS would be involved in "combat," but after Delta Force commando Joshua Wheeler was shot and killed during a rescue operation to free hostages from an ISIS prison, Carter admitted the operation was a "combat" one and that more raids like it would follow. The U.S. says American and Kurdish commandos received information the hostages were going to be killed. A White House deputy press secretary insisted the Obama administration had "no intention of long term ground combat."