Letters Are Written Never Meaning to Send

 

Apparently, in response to the Iraqi parliament's determination that it might just be best if American take our forces and most of our stuff and just, go, really, the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff drafted a letter that they had no intention of sending as-is, but by golly, it got out here, didn't it? To the effect that in deference to the decision of a sovereign nation, we'd just pack up and git when we weren't wanted. Because we weren't.

Which is something to think about. ISIS fighters are still pressed up against the back screen door of Iraq, but they'd rather sort it out--without us.

Anyways, how does this much of a letter go public without being a good draft, at least? Incompetence--or some kind of message?

UPDATE:  Huh.

Scoop: Pentagon initially told Capitol Hill that the Iraq withdrawal letter was "active disinformation." We have the email. https://t.co/jji1zvxdGu

— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) January 7, 2020