Barack Obama actually said...

"He said, 'They'll continue that the U.S. advisers that are now in Iraq working with Iraqi forces will train, advise and support Iraqi forces going forward.'"

"He will conduct the airstrikes to protect the U.S. forces and personnel."

"President Obama has been unequivocal that he will do what is necessary and what is in our national interest to confront ISIL and its threat to the security of the region and to our own long-term secur..."

"The United States is acting and leading, and the world cannot sit by and watch innocents die."