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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHey MSM, don't let GQP talk about Milley's reaction to the traitor without talking about what
precipitated it. Can you do that?
JohnSJ
(92,164 posts)It was done within the chain of command, and with knowledge of the Secretary of Defense
"WASHINGTON Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley placed two phone calls to his Chinese counterpart in the waning months of Donald Trumps presidency to secretly reassure Beijing that the United States would not attack the country, a spokesman for Milley confirmed Wednesday.
The calls were first reported in the forthcoming book Peril by Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.
His calls with the Chinese and others in October and January were in keeping with these duties and responsibilities conveying reassurance in order to maintain strategic stability, said the spokesman, Col. Dave Butler.
All of Milleys calls were coordinated with the rest of the Department of Defense and other relevant agencies, Butler added.
Milley did not tell Trump about the calls."
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/15/milley-held-secret-calls-with-china-others-as-trump-pushed-election-lies.html
malaise
(268,949 posts)They always give the terrorist leader a pass
The Slobfather should be thrown in a cell for the rest of his life. He actually beleives he is the second coming of Christ.
mopinko
(70,087 posts)tho, tbh, i dont think a lot of them can.
sop
(10,164 posts)and accusing him of "attempting a coup" without reporting Trump is orchestrating the whole thing:
(The Daily Beast) "In the afternoon hours on Tuesday, following reports that then-President Donald Trumps top military adviser had formulated secret plans in case the commander in chief went 'rogue' after the Jan. 6 riot, the ex-president picked up the phone and rang up close associates and TV-prone political allies. According to two people familiar with the matter, the twice-impeached former president was sounding testy and had a simple request: He wanted his prominent supporters to go on television and in public this week to declare that Gen. Mark Milley should be 'arrested' for 'treason.'"
mobeau69
(11,143 posts)Slap the cuffs on the Birther Bastard.