US military mistakenly circulates letter suggesting they'd remove US troop from Iraq
Source: CNN
The top US general said Monday a letter suggesting the US would withdraw troops from Iraq was released by mistake and poorly worded, telling reporters "that's not what's happening."
Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley sought to address the confusion that began after the leak of aletter to the Iraqi government from US Command in Baghdad suggesting US troops would be withdrawn from the country.
"That letter is a draft. It was a mistake, it was unsigned, it should not have been released ... (it was) poorly worded, implies withdrawal, that is not what's happening," Milley said.
"It's an honest mistake ... it should not have been sent," he added.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/us-troops-iraq/index.html
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OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)riversedge
(70,242 posts)MarcA
(2,195 posts)poli-junkie
(1,002 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)not an implication.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,627 posts)herding cats
(19,565 posts)It was just a template letter for the possible eventuality of their being sent packing, but they're not packing yet!
What fools.
enough
(13,259 posts)riversedge
(70,242 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,918 posts)Ya know, shit happens.
Dont believe any false rumors unless you hear it from us first.
Whiskeytide
(4,461 posts)... should always - and automatically - be assumed false.
Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)dweller
(23,641 posts)yes you did ..
shouts from the oval office as the toxic tot tantrums, hopping from one foot to the other, his raised fists above his head, and hurling a stream of blue curses ..
✌🏼
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)I was hopeful that we were finally leaving this 2 decade old clusterfuck.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)enid602
(8,620 posts)Maybe the draft reflects Putins intentions.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)machI
(1,285 posts)Meanwhile who is looking at impeachment?
Who is looking at Ukraine?
Who is looking at Trump's deals with Kim Jong-Un?
Who is looking at Trump's financials involving Russian Oligarchs?
Mission Accomplished.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)machI
(1,285 posts)There are masses of people who get their news from Facebook and Instagram who can't even name three candidates running for the nomination. The Republicans play to the uninformed; it is how the continue to get elected.
marble falls
(57,106 posts)And this is nothing like cohesion and discipline!
James48
(4,436 posts)Not by the US forces. Means it was already delivered to them!
sprinkleeninow
(20,252 posts)stopdiggin
(11,317 posts)nothin' to see here. move along now ...