Did Pres. Obama wait until after the election to announce more troops to Iraq?

There are multiple reports out that President Obama is preparing to send more “non-combat” combat troops to Iraq in the continuing, yet poorly defined, mission against ISIS:

https://twitter.com/JTSTheHill/status/530810040723066881

MORE: Obama administration prepared to nearly double number of U.S. military forces in Iraq http://t.co/5QWHVCsqFg pic.twitter.com/vP7BlPBCgK

— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) November 7, 2014

JUST IN: US official: Pres. Obama has approved plan to send about 1,500 more US troops to Iraq in non-combat roles – @jonkarl

— ABC News (@ABC) November 7, 2014

Just in: Pres Obama has authorized deployment of up to 1500 additional US military personnel in a non-combat role in Iraq.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 7, 2014

But there is some question on what exactly the role of these “non combat” troops will play in Iraq:

https://twitter.com/nocynical/status/530810224635301888

https://twitter.com/sanjavalen/status/530811428840550400

And this is a very good point by National Review’s Charles Cooke:

I hear that Obama couldn’t send non-combat troops to Iraq last week because the conditions weren’t right in Colorado.

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 7, 2014

And Cooke is not alone:

https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/530805893961494529

https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/530806629843738624

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/530805031008604161

Related:

Full Twitchy coverage of ISIS here.