Army's Top General Says He's Reassured Allies That US Troops Will Stay Out of Policing

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Richard Sisk
August 1, 2020, 4:09 AM
Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said Friday that he has sought to ease allies' concerns about the U.S. military becoming involved in law enforcement actions in response to nationwide protests.

"As we talk to other countries and other militaries, we have that discussion to make sure they understand that the purpose of the U.S. Army is to protect the nation, not police the nation," he said. "We should leave policing the nation to law enforcement."

"When it comes to the military, we need to do the right thing, the right way, in all circumstances," McConville said in response to questions at a Center for Strategic and International Studies forum on the Army's role in the Indo-Pacific region.

He had been asked whether the turmoil across the nation is affecting the "U.S. brand" overseas and possibly raising questions among allies about military-to-military partnerships.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/army-top-general-says-reassured-110950452.html

[Jirel]

1. That's alarming.

That’s the actions of a military leader reassuring allies that they will not follow the illegal orders of a dictator.

[Iggo]

3. Actually, it's comforting.

A military leader reassuring allies that they will not follow the illegal orders of a dictator.

[Jirel]

6. It's good, but it IS alarming.

They should never have to do that. The necessity is BAD.

[stopdiggin]

7. Hmmm. Actually I take some comfort

in our top military officials clearly articulating a longstanding precept of the US military.

[soothsayer]

10. It's alarming that our allies are alarmed

They’ve seen this before.

[BamaRefugee]

2. Why doesn't he reassure AMERICANS?????

[soothsayer]

9. This

[crickets]

14. My first thought as well. nt

[Baked Potato]

4. Good, hence Trump's phony wanna be goons.

After the Bible Raising episode of Season 3.6 , Trump went full renegade.

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. The problem is that we have militarized our police

and created an army of authoritarian, racist Trump loyalists that he can deploy anywhere in America.

He may not have enough of them to prevent his defeat, but that we are even having these conversations is devastating evidence of how far the United States has fallen.

These units to be defunded and disbanded.

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. This

[procon]

8. He might want to give the same assurances to

The American public who have no such firm belief.

[keithbvadu2]

11. Army COS, not the President, has to reassure our allies.

Army COS, not the President, has to reassure our allies.

Trump has really brought down the office of President.

[Squinch]

12. Anyone ask him to comment on how batshit crazy it is that he needs to do this?

[EleanorR]

15. It's unclear to me who our allies are-trump seems most friendly to putin, erdogan, orban, duterte

And I don't hear any republicans objecting to the new arrangement.

Really it's absolutely insane that General McConville has to say this. And does he know his boss has already threatened to send the National Guard to Portland as his next step?

"We did not deploy regular Army troops" in Washington, D.C., or elsewhere during disturbances, McConville stressed, although such units were briefly poised at bases on the District's outskirts in early June.

"As far as employing regular Army troops" for domestic law enforcement, "that's only to be done as the absolute last resort. Even the National Guard should only be employed as a last resort," he added.

[bottomofthehill]

16. Another one of those liberal Massachusetts Generals

Who the fuck does McConville think he is trying to tell the truth on Army policy.

President Trump the Commander and Chief of the whole US Military is a graduate of the world rebound (and now shockingly Chinese owned) New York Military High School for the imbecilic children of rich people.

That faker McConville went to the United States Military Academy at West Point, another New York based military academy but clearly not held in the same regard as NYMHS.

Then this McConville character went on to spend nearly 40 years in the US Army (clearly unable to find another job) To rise to the be the General of the Army. What could he possibly know that POtUS does not already have at those little bitty finger tips of his.

Maybe General McConville should keep his uninformed opinions to himself and let the pretend soldiers set the world strait

Sarcasm thingy added.