Is it any wonder that the motley organization of the Pentagon can’t pass an audit when lives are at stake?
The Pentagon has acknowledged that it has been providing false troop numbers in Syria to the media for months, showing that the number is actually more than double what it has officially acknowledged.
And that’s not the worst part.
“We have regularly reported that approximately 900 U.S. troops are deployed to Syria,” said Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman. told reporters on Thursday.
“We recently learned that the number was even higher, which is very interesting considering the situation in Syria.”
Wait, what? pentagon I suddenly “knew” that pentagon Did they send more troops? after asking pentagon A few months later?
Jiminy turns Christmas upside down. Who runs the place?
Holy cow! 🤯The Pentagon just admitted it has no idea how many American soldiers are in Syria.
“We have been told that there are approximately 900 U.S. troops stationed in Syria.”
“Today we learned that there are actually about 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria.”
Madness! pic.twitter.com/oWh8Grt2YO
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This isn’t the first time the Pentagon has fabricated troop numbers.
One would like to think that President-elect Donald Trump’s return as commander-in-chief would curb this type of behavior, but he still has some housecleaning to do at the Pentagon.
Military officials flatly acknowledged that they repeatedly lied throughout President Trump’s first term about the number of boots on the ground in Syria.
“The top American envoy to the multinational military coalition to defeat ISIS claimed in a recent interview that he routinely lied to senior government officials about the level of U.S. troops in Syria.” Reported in 2020.
Diplomat Jim Jeffrey at the time acknowledged that the actual number of U.S. troops in Syria was “much higher” than President Trump had requested, and the department said the department “does not estimate the number of U.S. troops in Syria. “He was always hiding things so as not to reveal it to the leadership.” ”
Subordinates who lie to their commander-in-chief and then brag about it with no repercussions. And some say the deep state is “not real.” please.
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Are they still serving the interests of the American people?
Jeffrey was one of 50 Republican national security officials to sign on before the 2016 election. a letter that says Trump is “unqualified to serve as president and commander in chief” and “will jeopardize the national security and well-being of our country.”
He somehow ended up being appointed as the US special representative for Syria in 2018, and a year later as special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Combat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
The letter flatly acknowledged that Trump is one of many in the intelligence and security community who will rebel against him if he feels he has overstepped his bounds.
And the Pentagon’s top brass still admits that they lied to the American public about the number of troops overseas – uh, excuse me, they weren’t lying – apparently they It seems they just didn’t “know” that they had more than doubled the number of their troops. Undeclared war zone.
Remember when Vice President Kamala Harris used this topic during her campaign?
“As of today, this is the first time this century that there are no active duty U.S. military personnel in any combat zone around the world.” she lied.
It will take a tremendous effort by President-elect Trump to restore long-standing trust in all aspects of government.
