From Democracy Now!:

The White House has announced a team of special operations forces numbering less than 50 will be sent to Syria. This marks the first sustained U.S. troop presence in Syria since President Obama launched a bombing campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State in September 2014. It’s also a reversal of Obama’s repeated promise of no U.S. boots on the ground in Syria, a pledge he also violated in Iraq. One day after the announcement, the United Nations and International Committee of the Red Cross made what they called an “unprecedented joint warning” for states to end wars, respect international law and aid the 60 million refugees made homeless from recent conflicts. We are joined by Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies, author of several books, including “Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Terror.”

Watch Phyllis Bennis as she joins Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! and Professor Andrew Bacevich to discuss the impact continued escalation in U.S. military action is having on the conflicts in the Middle East:

For the full transcript for both segments, visit Democracy Now!‘s website (Part 1, Part 2)