{"id":651692,"date":"2021-08-16T16:06:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T20:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=651692"},"modified":"2021-08-16T16:06:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T20:06:48","slug":"wh-misspells-milleys-name-miscounts-number-of-troops-in-syria-in-talking-points-on-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-misspells-milleys-name-miscounts-number-of-troops-in-syria-in-talking-points-on-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"WH Misspells Milley\u2019s Name, Miscounts Number Of Troops In Syria In Talking Points On Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwh-misspells-milleys-name-miscounts-number-of-troops-in-syria-in-talking-points-on-afghanistan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=651692&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mark-Milley-scaled-e1629141025786.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The White House talking points about Afghanistan that circulated Monday misspelled the name of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and incorrectly claimed there are no U.S. troops in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>The document, which was reportedly sent around by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) office to House Democrats, contained a long list of bullet points explaining the White House\u2019s position on various elements of the Afghanistan crisis, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/568052-pelosi-circulates-wh-talking-points-after-afghanistan-collapse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo notes,\u201d observed Fox News Pentagon reporter Lucas Tomlinson. \u201cWhite House misspelled the name of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (There are two Ls).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tomlinson also noted that the talking points wrongly asserted that the U.S. has no more troops on the ground in Syria, where 900 troops actually remain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two notes: <\/p>\n<p>-White House misspelled the name of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (There are two Ls)<\/p>\n<p>-There are 900 U.S. troops in Syria. Not zero. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PYXiVccLll\">https:\/\/t.co\/PYXiVccLll<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucasFoxNews\/status\/1427341645188579333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe administration knew that there was a distinct possibility that Kabul would fall to the Taliban. It was not an inevitability. It was a possibility,\u201d the talking points also noted.&nbsp;\u201cPOTUS said in July that the Afghan military had the capability to fight the Taliban. But they had to demonstrate the will. Sadly, that will did not materialize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/568052-pelosi-circulates-wh-talking-points-after-afghanistan-collapse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">observed<\/a>, \u201cThe talking points, sent from the Speaker\u2019s office, underscore how politically perilous Pelosi and other party leaders view the Afghanistan issue as Democrats try to defend their narrow majority in the 2022 midterms. Republicans only need to flip a handful of seats to win back control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration faces bipartisan criticism for how it has handled the withdrawal from Afghanistan. As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/obama-cia-director-biden-must-take-responsibility-for-afghanistan-debacle-admit-mistakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, former CIA Director Leon Panetta under President Barack Obama excoriated the administration for Afghanistan\u2019s collapse:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"29\">\n<p><em>Former President Barack Obama\u2019s CIA director, Leon Panetta told CNN Monday that President Joe Biden must take \u201cresponsibility\u201d for the disaster that has unfolded in Kabul, Afghanistan, over the last 36 hours, and compared the Biden administration\u2019s lack of foresight to that of John F. Kennedy\u2019s failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Panetta, who presided over some strategic operations in Afghanistan during Obama\u2019s term suggested that the Biden administration had suffered from a significant intelligence failure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">John Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs,\u201d he told CNN. \u201cIt unfolded quickly and the president thought that everything would be fine and that was not the case.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He then suggested that Biden follow in Kennedy\u2019s footsteps when handling the fallout from the Taliban takeover of Kabul and take responsibility for what happened Sunday, admitting that there were intelligence failures.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPresident Kennedy took responsibility for what took place,\u201d Panetta said. \u201cI strongly recommend to President Biden that he take responsibility\u2026admit the mistakes that were made.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House talking points about Afghanistan that circulated Monday misspelled the name of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. 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