This narrative that General Milley should resign or is a traitor is a wonderful distraction from

[JohnSJ]

what happened January 6th, and that we almost lost our country

I think some fail to recognize the the lives of the Speaker, VP, and representatives and Senators were at real risk that day

The big take away from Woodward’s book isn’t that Milley tried to assure Chinese diplomats that the US government was stable, but that we came very close to losing it, and that the President of the United States was determined to subvert the results of the election

The complicity of trump’s involvement in the insurrection is slowly being diminished with these types of distractions

The irony of those republicans spewing this nonsense at Milley, had no problem with Flynn, who actually did try to sell our country down the river, seems to get lost in the mist

[Ohio Joe]

1. Correct

Milley did his job in the face of a traitorous President.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. ITA

Especially now knowing that Trump actually tried to leave Afghanistan on January 15th and Milley stopped it.

Jan 6th, Shenanigans with Human Beings Lives abroad . . . That's all I care about.

Seems it is down where only the goats can get it.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. WaPo Article

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/milley-defended-china-call/2021/09/15/3393fa18-1645-11ec-b976-f4a43b740aeb_story.html

The defense of Milley’s conduct came a day after former president Donald Trump, speaking on the conservative television network Newsmax, labeled the chairman’s reported actions “treason” and said, “I did not ever think of attacking China.”

According to the book, one of Milley’s calls took place on Oct. 30, 2020, four days before the election that unseated Trump, and the other on Jan. 8, 2021, two days after the Capitol siege carried out by Trump supporters in a quest to overturn the vote.

The first person to call it treason was Trump. . . Trump Lies
We absolutely do know that attacking China was on TFG's mind because once again . . . Trump Lies

If Biden is okay with the action to keep the WORLD safe - then I am.

[JohnSJ]

5. Good points, unfortunately, that seems to be the talking point going around now concerning Milley

[gab13by13]

23. Not from the news that I watch, listen to.

[ShazzieB]

31. Same here.

[Wounded Bear]

14. Trump called everybody who defied him "treasonous"...

when does the media get to 'boy who cried wolf' level realizations with trump accusations.

[Grins]

25. If call #1 was 30 Oct., why weren't there military at the Capitol

Milley didn’t see this coming?

I’m betting Esper did.

[MyOwnPeace]

4. What TRULY amazes me is......

after spending hours with their lives in danger, MOST ALL of the RepubliQans are STILL fighting to keep it silent - NO investigation - obstruction of the investigation - supporting the LIE!!!!!

How many of them would have had to die before they decided it REALLY WAS AN INSURRECTION?

[Irish_Dem]

6. I believe they felt safe. They adamantly refused to wear masks and this was the sign

to the insurrectionists to leave them alone.

If you look at some of the pictures the Dems were clearly afraid while the GOPers were laughing and smiling.

But yes, despite what they naively believed the GOPers were not in danger. This thing could have become much worse than expected. Once you have an armed mob, anything can happen.

[JohnSJ]

8. There were people in the mob who wanted to kill the Speaker, Schumer, AOC, and others

no doubt about that

[Irish_Dem]

9. Absolutely, there was talk of kidnapping and murder of Dem officials.

The GOP leaders were fine with that.

[GoodRaisin]

17. Equally amazing is that they would all have this monster back in power

if it means keeping their own jobs.

[TheRealNorth]

7. The MSM now feels like they were cheated out of another war....

Imagine how many eyeballs a war with China would have drawn....

[FalloutShelter]

12. Yes... except there would be nowhere

To broadcast from of LA, Chicago, and NYC were smoking radioactive craters.

[mackdaddy]

10. It is also a distraction from the real problem MAD KING TRUMP, and his actions.

Trump was, and to some extent through his adherents still is, a real danger to the world.

The PRESIDENT was dangerously insane, and none of those around him would do what really needed to be done and remove him through the cabinet action.

Trump's insanity and his enablers was the REAL problem.

[JohnSJ]

11. I don't know if he is insane, but he is definitely a megalomaniac, and you are right he is a very

real danger to the country because of his influence of his cult followers

[smirkymonkey]

13. So, despite this knowledge, do you think he still has a shot in 2024?

[niyad]

26. Unless he strokes out, he continues to be a danger to all of the world.

[smirkymonkey]

29. Let's just hope he keeps stuffing those Big Macs and buckets of KFC down his ugly

pie hole and hope they do the trick.

[StarfishSaver]

15. I think it's only a distraction for the general public. And even that is temporary

The people who need to stay on top of this - Congressional committees, federal and state prosecutors and investigators, plaintiffs in numerous lawsuits, etc. - aren't distracted and are going right on about their business working to get to the bottom of this.

And the general public may be distracted and ready to think about other things, but this isn't going away. It will come back and be a big deal to them again.

[ShazzieB]

33. Absolutely correct, on all counts!

[Kota]

16. It should be TFG's mental stability in the headlines, how dangerous he was and probably still is.

They found something to shout over the real story, again....

[MyOwnPeace]

18. "Probably?"

There can be NO DOUBT!!!!!

[Kota]

19. Well he is not president so he doesn't he's not the same threat level.

[MyOwnPeace]

30. Well, he's NOT in the office.....

but he also now has fewer constraints on him regarding the office. He can say any bat-shit crazy thing he wants and there's no Congress or Supreme Court to shut him up - but a gazillion MAGAnauts ready to follow him to the gates of Hell!

[bullwinkle428]

20. AND, that MILLIONS of these assholes are more than willing to hand the

nuclear codes back to this MFer.

[panader0]

21. The only thing Milley did wrong in my opinion

was when he walked with trump to the church near the WH so trump could hold a Bible for a photo op.

[MyOwnPeace]

32. As I have come to understand it.....

he (Milley) regrets that and believes he was misled and used in that instance.

[ShazzieB]

36. I believe that is correct.

Didn't he say so himself? That's what I remember reading at the time, but I don't know if that was an actual quote to a reporter or a leak of some sort.

[AngryOldDem]

34. Trump duped him on that and he was pissed.

He and Mark Esper were called to the WH. They didn’t know why. Trump was bloviating in the Rose Garden, and when he finished he told them to walk with him. Milley thought it was to look at the security around Lafayette Park, but when he saw why, he broke away and went over to talk to some National Guard members because he did not want to be seen with Trump in this situation. Later, he said Trump would never do this to him again.

This was discussed both in “Frankly, We Did Win This Election” and “I Alone Can Fix It.”

Milley did nothing wrong in dealing with China. Who really knows what that crazy motherfucker Trump would have done?

[Lonestarblue]

22. Trump taught Republicans several lessons during his presidency.

You can lie about big and small things, and there are no consequences.

You can commit crimes, like obstructing justice, and there are no consequences.

You can commit insurrection and there are no consequences, except to the foot soldiers doing the dirty work.

You can continue the grift with your supporters to raise money for legal fees related to the election, which you then spend on yourself, and they’re too clueless to catch on to the grift.

You can blame liberals and Democrats for every bad thing possible, and the Trump base will believe you.


Aided by the media, Republicans never seem to reap consequences for their actions.

[TheRealNorth]

27. 100% correct

When your electorate supports you as you trample on Democracy, there is no price to pay so long as you maintain enough support to not lock yourself out of power.

[MyOwnPeace]

35. It actually seems that....

they always do reap rewards for their actions and never seem to suffer any consequences for their actions.

[Missn-Hitch]

24. I hear ya. Flynn was convicted, sentenced and pardoned by that wart.

However, the good General Milley needs to be investigated and held to account (and pardoned, if need be).

It is about restoring the law and civilian control of our military. Our side needs to ALWAYS be on the side of the law. Their side will not be...ever.

The commission will continue its work.

Just my two cents.

Cheers!

[Auggie]

28. Excellent point. Its the same old rebuke response:

distract, disrupt, deceive, digress, and lie your pants off.