The Pentagon…lol

[ihhawk]

So the Pentagon comes out and says they just found out we have double the amount of troops in Syria than they thought.
Good management going on it appears

Pentagon says the number of US troops in Syria is much higher than previously reported

The Pentagon said Thursday that there are about 2,000 U.S. Troops in Syria, a number that is more than double the 900 troops reported previously by the DoD for months.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Bulldogs1974]

well, there are around 3 million people employed by the DOD. they were off .0003%. I'm guessing nothing in your life is that accurate.

 

[h-hawk]

It probably changed rapidly as the US is reoccupying an old base after the Russians left.

 

[ihhawk]

well, there are around 3 million people employed by the DOD. they were off .0003%. I'm guessing nothing in your life is that accurate.

I would hope the military knows how many soldiers they have in a region. It’s a little different than me knowing if I have milk in the fridge

 

[ihhawk]

Honest question, did anyone even know we had troops in Syria the past couple months?

 

[Rifler]

Honest question, did anyone even know we had troops in Syria the past couple months?

 

[Bulldogs1974]

I would hope the military knows how many soldiers they have in a region. It’s a little different than me knowing if I have milk in the fridge

again 3 million, i know thats a hard number for you to comprehend.

 

[BlIIlken2]

Crazy how fluid things are in the Middle East. You’d think being such a stable place these number wouldn’t change from time to time. Wild.

 

[seminole97]

Honest question, did anyone even know we had troops in Syria the past couple months?

On 23 November 2019, the head of US Central Command stated there was no "end date" on the US's intervention in Syria.[176]

The US Department of Defense stated that there were around 900 US soldiers operating in Syria as of February 2021.[46][177] On 19 December 2024, after the fall of the Assad regime, the Pentagon revealed that there were around 2,000 US troops in Syria, adding that the increase was temporary and occurred in recent months.[178]

 

[seminole97]

again 3 million, i know thats a hard number for you to comprehend.

If you think keeping track of the employees is hard, you definitely shouldn't ask them about keeping track of the dollars.

 

[TJ8869]

well, there are around 3 million people employed by the DOD. they were off .0003%. I'm guessing nothing in your life is that accurate.

Um….what?

 

[Hawk_82]

again 3 million, i know thats a hard number for you to comprehend.

Would you care if those 1100 were killed because the administration "forgot" about them?

 

[artradley]

"It was explained to me these additional forces are considered temporary rotational forces that deploy to meet shifting mission requirements, whereas the core 900 deployers are on longer term deployments," he continued. "As you know, for many of our deployments, numbers will fluctuate from time to time, but given that this number is significantly higher than what we've been briefing, I wanted to let you know, as soon as I found out this information."

This doesn’t seem like something to be excited about, unless you’re just looking for something.

 

[TJ8869]

"It was explained to me these additional forces are considered temporary rotational forces that deploy to meet shifting mission requirements, whereas the core 900 deployers are on longer term deployments," he continued. "As you know, for many of our deployments, numbers will fluctuate from time to time, but given that this number is significantly higher than what we've been briefing, I wanted to let you know, as soon as I found out this information."

This doesn’t seem like something to be excited about, unless you’re just looking for something.

The Pentagon has been intentionally downplaying the number of US troops in Syria in order to avoid angering Turkey and Iraq.

 

[Moral]

Honest question, did anyone even know we had troops in Syria the past couple months?

 

[seminole97]

This doesn’t seem like something to be excited about, unless you’re just looking for something.

I'm looking for the Congressional authorization to invade and partition Syria.
Adherents to the 'rules based world order' shouldn't have trouble producing that, right?

From the 50k foot view, how does the U.S. invading Syria to protect a rebel faction differ from Russia invading Ukraine to protect a rebel faction?

 

[Rifler]

The Pentagon has been intentionally downplaying the number of US troops in Syria in order to avoid angering Turkey and Iraq.

Probably a desire to hide this from the US public as well...

 

[joelbc1]

I believe there is a reasonable probability that FOX is reporting the part of the story they want their listeners to hear. FOX has always dedicated its news to half-truths and unverified truths. That is a trademark of Rupert Murdock and Co. I’m not saying this story is a complete lie…I am saying it does not tell the whole truth, however.

 

[win1forthe]

Is this something that Hegseth will fix, when he’s sober, so it might be a while.

 

[Flie]

"It was explained to me these additional forces are considered temporary rotational forces that deploy to meet shifting mission requirements, whereas the core 900 deployers are on longer term deployments," he continued. "As you know, for many of our deployments, numbers will fluctuate from time to time, but given that this number is significantly higher than what we've been briefing, I wanted to let you know, as soon as I found out this information."

This doesn’t seem like something to be excited about, unless you’re just looking for something.

People think in narratives and are often looking to apply them to situations. "Yep that's just like those good for nuthin demcrats"

 

[Scruddy]

Kamala said this wasn't a thing. Did she lie or is she actually dumber than dementia joe?

 

[Scruddy]

Honest question, did anyone even know we had troops in Syria the past couple months?

Yes.. the troops stationed there openly mocked kamala for not knowing they existed/were conducting military operations after she claimed it wasn't a thing

 

[theiacowtipper]

How many large multi national corporations could come within 10% if asked how many of their staff was employed or present in a particular country?

If you asked chase, right now, how many employees they had currently present in Turkey could they come within 10%? Absolutely not.

 

[Scruddy]

How many times has the pentagon failed audits in a row btw? Anyone?

 

[Rifler]

How many times has the pentagon failed audits in a row btw? Anyone?

12?,.. I believe.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Um….what?

i'm not surprised you don't understand. big numbers = hard

 

[TJ8869]

How many large multi national corporations could come within 10% if asked how many of their staff was employed or present in a particular country?

If you asked chase, right now, how many employees they had currently present in Turkey could they come within 10%? Absolutely not.

We’re not talking about paper pushers working in an office building somewhere. We’re talking about US soldiers deployed in an active war zone.

The Pentagon knows how many are there and has known how many are there. They intentionally downplayed the number because of ‘diplomatic sensitivities’.

 

[HawkMachine]

12?,.. I believe.

Семь


"The Defense Department said it’s still unable to track its nearly trillion-dollar budget but remains on track to pass an audit by 2028."


F'n worthless government.

 

[TJ8869]

i'm not surprised you don't understand. big numbers = hard

I hope you’re not a math teacher. For starters you need to move the decimal point over a couple of digits, Leibniz.

 

[Scruddy]

i'm not surprised you don't understand. big numbers = hard

Sounds like we need to reduce those numbers the pentagon has to "manage" then..

 

[BelemNole]

lol, OP thinks they really didn't know.

 

[seminole97]

How many large multi national corporations could come within 10% if asked how many of their staff was employed or present in a particular country?

If you asked chase, right now, how many employees they had currently present in Turkey could they come within 10%? Absolutely not.

My dad was a REMF in the USAF, specifically CPBO -Consolidated Base Personnel Office.
They have track of where all the people are.
He wrote software back in the 80s, when they were still using punch cards, to match personnel with missions.
The Pentagon knows exactly how many people they have deployed in Syria.

“We were always playing shell games to not make clear to our leadership how many troops we had there,” Jeffrey said in an interview. The actual number of troops in northeast Syria is “a lot more than” the roughly two hundred troops Trump initially agreed to leave there in 2019.

 

[ihhawk]

lol, OP thinks they really didn't know.

The pentagon press secretary said he just found out

 

[BelemNole]

The pentagon press secretary said he just found out

Oh, then it must be true!!

How do you not fall down more?

 

[ihhawk]

I believe there is a reasonable probability that FOX is reporting the part of the story they want their listeners to hear. FOX has always dedicated its news to half-truths and unverified truths. That is a trademark of Rupert Murdock and Co. I’m not saying this story is a complete lie…I am saying it does not tell the whole truth, however.

What about the NYt

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/politics/us-troops-syria.html

 

[ihhawk]

Oh, then it must be true!!

How do you not fall down more?

Interesting thing for him to lie about

 

[ihhawk]

Yes.. the troops stationed there openly mocked kamala for not knowing they existed/were conducting military operations after she claimed it wasn't a thing

I was waiting for someone to post that. Thank you.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

It probably changed rapidly as the US is reoccupying an old base after the Russians left.

They acknowledged that the additional troops have been there for months.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

well, there are around 3 million people employed by the DOD. they were off .0003%. I'm guessing nothing in your life is that accurate.

Were talking about troops in a foreign land.

 

[joelbc1]

What about the NYt

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/politics/us-troops-syria.html

To a lesser extent, the NYT is guilty of similar crimes… but not to the extent of FOX and Murdock.
You will never find me unabashedly supporting any media source… they all are selling advertising.