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Hey MSM, don't let GQP talk about Milley's reaction to the traitor without talking about what (Original Post) mobeau69 Sep 2021 OP
and they should also get the story straight JohnSJ Sep 2021 #1
Yep. 👍 mobeau69 Sep 2021 #4
They dont want to do that malaise Sep 2021 #2
they can but they wont. mopinko Sep 2021 #3
And stop endlessly replaying the GQP's outraged demands Milley must be "arrested for treason" sop Sep 2021 #5
Projection. SOP. He knows he should be the one arrested for treason. mobeau69 Sep 2021 #6

JohnSJ

(92,164 posts)
1. and they should also get the story straight
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:22 AM
Sep 2021

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 Trump’s 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 Milley’s 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)
2. They dont want to do that
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:25 AM
Sep 2021

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.

sop

(10,164 posts)
5. And stop endlessly replaying the GQP's outraged demands Milley must be "arrested for treason"
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:50 AM
Sep 2021

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 Trump’s 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)
6. Projection. SOP. He knows he should be the one arrested for treason.
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 02:05 PM
Sep 2021

Slap the cuffs on the Birther Bastard.

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