Is it any surprise the ragtag outfit on the Pentagon can’t cross an audit if their lives relied on it?
The Division of Protection admitted that they’ve been offering the media with an incorrect troop depend in Syria for months, indicating the quantity is definitely greater than twice the data they’d been publicly acknowledging.
And that’s not even the worst half.
“We have now been briefing you commonly that there are roughly 900 U.S. troops deployed to Syria,” Pentagon Press Secretary Air Pressure Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters on Thursday.
“In mild of the scenario in Syria, and in important curiosity, we’ve not too long ago realized that these numbers have been greater.”
Wait, what? The Pentagon simply immediately “realized” that the Pentagon despatched extra troops? After asking the Pentagon about it months later?
Jiminy flippin’ Christmas. Who’s operating the place?
HOLY COW!🤯The Pentagon simply admitted they’d no concept what number of American troopers have been in Syria.
“We have now been briefing you that there are roughly 900 US troops in Syria.”
“I realized in the present day that in actual fact there are roughly 2,000 US troops in Syria.”
INSANITY! pic.twitter.com/oWh8Grt2YO
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 19, 2024
Not The First Time The Pentagon Fudged Troop Numbers
It’d be good to assume that President-elect Donald Trump’s return as Commander-in-Chief would curb this sort of conduct, however he’s acquired a number of cleansing home to do on the DOD.
Army officers flat-out admitted to repeatedly mendacity to Trump all through his first time period concerning the variety of boots on the bottom in Syria.
“America’s prime envoy to the multinational army coalition to defeat ISIS claimed in a current interview that he routinely lied to senior authorities officers about U.S. troops ranges in Syria,” Process & Function reported in 2020.
Then-diplomat Jim Jeffrey admitted the true variety of U.S. troops in Syria was “much more” than what Trump had requested, and he mentioned the division was “at all times enjoying shell video games to not clarify to our management what number of troops we had there.”
Subordinates mendacity to the Commander-in-Chief – after which bragging about it with no penalties. And there are individuals on the market who say the Deep State “isn’t actual.” Please.
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Do They Nonetheless Serve The Pursuits Of The American Folks?
Jeffrey was amongst 50 Republican nationwide safety officers who, previous to the 2016 election, signed a letter stating Trump was not “certified to be President and Commander-in-Chief” and “would put in danger our nation’s nationwide safety and well-being.”
He someway acquired appointed as United States Particular Consultant for Syria Engagement in 2018 and a yr later as Particular Presidential Envoy for the World Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
The letter flat-out admitted he was one in every of many within the intelligence and safety neighborhood who would defy him if, as he felt, Trump overstepped his bounds.
And the brass on the Pentagon are nonetheless admitting they misinform the American individuals concerning the variety of troops abroad – er, excuse me, they didn’t lie – they apparently simply “didn’t know” that they themselves greater than doubled troop numbers to an energetic, undeclared warfare zone.
Keep in mind when Vice President Kamala Harris used this speaking level throughout her marketing campaign?
“As of in the present day, there may be not one member of the US army who’s in energetic obligation in a fight zone in any warfare zone all over the world, the primary time this century,” she lied.
It’s going to take a Herculean effort by President-elect Trump to revive religion in all aspects of presidency after they’ve been doing it for thus lengthy.
