Remember When Pentagon Said the Reports US Will Leave 1,000 Troops in Syria Are Not True? They Totally Are

The draw down to 400 is a pie-in-the-sky target that hinges on conditions that will never be met

The US will draw down to 400 as soon as a “multinational force” is assembled to take its place — aka never

Recall when it was reported that despite Trump’s talk of a US military withdrawal from Syria the Pentagon was actually merely planning to go from 2500 to 1000 (up from 200, then 400) troops? Recall then when the US Chief of Staff, General Dunford, came out to say that wasn’t true at all?

Well it absolutely is true, it’s the Pentagon denial that was nonsense:

Initially announced as a total withdrawal from Syria by President Trump, the administration has backpedaled repeatedly, to the point where a large portion of US forces will be remaining on the ground in Syria, and about 1,000 or the current 2,000 are liable to spend the bulk of 2019 in Syria.

Officials say the current plan, such as it is, would be to draw down to about 1,000 by early May, and then “pause” for about six months. Then, there would be a consideration of withdrawing some more troops, perhaps getting down to 400.

This is why there were reports the US intends to keep 1,000 troops in Syria, because they do, and why the administration’s objections, and arguments that the plan is still 400, is highly misleading, as that’s now a best-case scenario.

The 400 troops, assuming it gets down there, would involve 200 troops staying at al-Tanf base, and the other 200 troops participating in a “multinational force” that not only doesn’t exist, but which all of the other proposed members have openly objected being a part of. 

3 Comments
  1. Séamus Ó Néill says

    Can you imagine being an American citizen…. belonging to a loathed and detested nation , whose insidious and deceitful reputation is unequalled in world history….a nation that is renown for its perfidy , its thievery , its genocidal activities ….a nation without morals or principals….a thoroughly demonic and malevolent sewer !!

  2. David Bedford says

    I doubt the US could lie straight in bed

  3. John C Carleton says

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