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90 retired generals and admirals call for Austin and Milley to resign immediately over the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Ninety retired military generals and admirals are demanding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley resign
- Calls for resignation 'based on negligence in performing their duties primarily involving events surrounding the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan'
- Also said if Milley and Austin advised against withdrawal, they should have resigned if Biden didn't take their direction in protest of his leadership
- Letter's signatories include Admiral John Poindexter, who served as President Ronald Reagan's national security adviser
- House Rep. Ronny Jackson, the former top White House physician to Presidents Obama and Trump, is also a signatory to the letter
- Jackson has previously called into question Biden's cognitive fitness for the job and demanded that he take a test similar to the one given to Trump
- Comes after a Marine Lieutenant Colonel resigned after speaking out against his leadership for not pushing back against Biden's decisions in Afghanistan
- The Pentagon announced Monday the last U.S. troops left Kabul
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-08-31 |
