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Home Front: Politix
Trump tears into Joint Chiefs Chairman
2021-09-17
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Former President Trump lambasted Milley in a Wednesday evening statement

  • Former Acting Defense Secretary Miller urged Milley to resign after he allegedly made an unauthorized call to China behind the former president's back

  • President Joe Biden meanwhile said he has 'great confidence' in Milley after he admitted to holding calls with his Chinese counterpart working under Trump

  • Former State Secretary Mike Pompeo said Milley's conduct could be treasonous

  • Press Secretary Jen Psaki called Milley a 'patriot' when defending him

  • Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also expressed his support, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a briefing on Wednesday

  • General Mark Milley confirmed the phone calls took place in a Wednesday statement via his spokesman Colonel Dave Butler

  • A new book claims Milley phoned his Chinese counterpart to give reassurances two days after the January 6 Capitol riot

  • The allegations are detailed in 'Peril', an upcoming book about the 2020 presidential election by journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
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Posted by: Greng Black3494   2021-09-17 18:05  

#7  Time for the American people to go on a wild pig hunt.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-09-17 14:07  

#6  They helped you with your dream. Back in the 90s they change the law because of a number of cases of loose zipper syndrome. Now they can be recalled to active duty after retirement to face infractions they committed while on active duty.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-09-17 12:25  

#5  Assuming we ever have a clean election in this country again (I know, I know...) there will be a stampede of retirements one day. Hey, a guy can dream, right?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-09-17 09:56  

#4  Nothing will happen to General Milley, he's in the Vindman camp.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-09-17 09:53  

#3  'Perfectly within the duties and responsibilities': Gen. Mark Milley defends calls made to his Chinese counterpart as 'routine' and says they were done to 'reassure' America's adversary in his first public comments since being accused of 'treason'
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-09-17 08:19  

#2  /\ But most politicians seldom think in terms of unintended consequences.

Difficult for them to think beyond fund raising for the next election cycle. The.... "unintended consequences" of career politicians.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-09-17 08:11  

#1  Far too many generals are quite comfortable embracing a military coup as a viable action. The dems may very well rue the day they encourages such thinking. But most politicians seldom think in terms of unintended consequences.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-09-17 08:09  

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