Woke psychopath-traitor, flunkey for Israel, Milley needs to be investigated--court martialed, suckers

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Investigate General Milley Now​

Link: http://www.stationgossip.com/2021/09/investigate-general-milley-now.html

General Mark Milley should face an investigation, without delay, concerning the allegations contained in a new book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. And if the claims turn out to be true, Milley should be removed from his post as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff immediately, and perhaps face more stringent sanctions for going behind the president’s back to the Chinese military during the waning days of Donald Trump’s presidency.

We had occasion, during the Trump years, to warn not only about steps that Trump took to undermine the American system of government, but also about threats to that system created by the actions of others in response to him. Any consistent defender of constitutional government should be alarmed by both. Extralegal and anti-democratic steps justified as responses to a crisis have a way of becoming habits.
Woodward and Costa report that General Milley had grave concerns about Trump’s mental stability in the run-up to the 2020 election and through the aftermath of the January 2021 Capitol riot. He was also concerned that the Chinese military would overreact to saber-rattling by Trump, possibly creating an unnecessary military conflict. There are proper ways to air such concerns, such as insisting that presidential directives comply with the law and are properly handled through the chain of command, or marshaling support among the president’s senior advisers to counsel him against rash actions. There are many known occasions of the latter approach working with Trump, who never did order new acts of military force in his last months in office. There are even proper civilian procedures, much discussed and repeatedly attempted during the Trump era, to remove a commander-in-chief.

What is never proper is for an American military officer to go to hostile foreign governments to tell them things at odds with the message the president decides to communicate. According to the book, General Milley went to the head of the Chinese military to tell him, in effect, that Trump was bluffing. He reportedly ordered naval exercises canceled to avoid offending the Chinese. He even “went so far as to pledge he would alert his counterpart in the event of a U.S. attack . . . ‘General Li, you and I have known each other for now five years. If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise.’”

General Milley allegedly undertook all of these steps on his own, without telling the commander in chief. It appears that he may have done so without informing the civilian leadership of the State or Defense Departments or the National Security Council. This would constitute insubordination. Douglas MacArthur and John C. Frémont were fired for less. One of the specific reasons why Harry Truman removed MacArthur was that he was pushing his own ideas to friendly and neutral foreign ambassadors without telling the president. Doing so to an American adversary would be indefensible. Promising to do so in the event of a shooting war would be an offer to commit treason.

Recall that General Michael Flynn was wiretapped and questioned by the FBI for talking to the Russian ambassador, even though there is no reason to think that Flynn was carrying a message different from the one the incoming Trump administration would deliver. These allegations unquestionably are vastly more serious than what General Flynn did.
Generals don’t get to have their own personal foreign policies. Period. They answer to the elected branches, and they must carry out every lawful directive and policy set by the people’s representatives. Woodward’s methods have been questioned in the past, not least by the late and legendary editor Ben Bradlee. But if this account holds up, anyone who believes in democratic self-government, civilian control of the military, and the rule of law should join in calling for General Milley’s removal.
 
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BREAKING NEWS: 'The president has complete confidence in his leadership, his patriotism and his fidelity to our Constitution': White House backs embattled Gen. Milley as he admits he DID have calls with China and confirms he met with staff to discuss nuclear weapons protocols​

Link: http://www.madnesshub.com/2021/09/breaking-news-president-has-complete.html

September 15, 2021 News
President Joe Biden is standing behind Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley after the embattled military man admitted on Wednesday he did speak to Chinese officials behind former President Trump's back.
Milley was responding to a bombshell report that claims he phoned his counterpart there over concerns Trump would take rogue action to stay in office.
He maintains in the statement that the calls were 'vital' to 'avoiding unintended consequences,' but seemed to dispute that they were done in secret.
Multiple journalists posted the lengthy statement on Twitter, reportedly issued by Milley's spokesperson Colonel Dave Butler.
'The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs regularly communicates with Chiefs of Defense across the world, including with China and Russia,' the statement began.
'These conversations remain vital to improving mutual understanding of U.S. national security interests, reducing tensions, providing clarity and avoiding unintended consequences or conflict.
'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.'
The first phone call reportedly took place days before the November election, and the second happened shortly after the Capitol riot.
In his statement Milley claimed that the phone calls were done in coordination with other Pentagon officials.
'All calls from the Chairman to his counterparts, including those reported, are staffed, coordinated and communicated with the Department of Defense and the interagency.
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'Also in keeping with his responsibilities as senior military advisor to the President and Secretary of Defense, General Milley frequently conducts meetings with uniformed leaders across the Services to ensure all leaders are aware of current issues.
'The meeting regarding nuclear weapons protocols was to remind uniformed leaders in the Pentagon of the long-established and robust procedures in light of media reporting on the subject.'
'General Milley continues to act and advise within his authority in the lawful tradition of civilian control of the military and his oath to the Constitution.'
The allegations that Milley broke the chain of command to make the 'secret calls' are part of 'Peril,' a book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.
The account is set to hit shelves on September 21.
It claims Milley made secret calls to his counterpart in Beijing while Trump was president.
In it, the Washington Post journalists allege that he went behind Trump's back to promise China to warn them if the U.S. planned to attack.
Milley reportedly sought to assure General Li Zuocheng of the People's Liberation Army in China that the U.S. was not about to launch strikes in a pair of phone calls.
In one call he said he would use backchannels to alert his counterpart if an attack were imminent.
The details triggered a wave of condemnation from Republicans who accused Milley of treason.
Alexander Vindman called on Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to resign if the claims are true.
'If this is true GEN Milley must resign,' the retired lieutenant colonel tweeted on Tuesday along with an article about new book 'Peril' which claims Milley was fearful Trump might spark war with China in the wake of his November election defeat to Joe Biden.
'He usurped civilian authority, broke Chain of Command, and violated the sacrosanct principle of civilian control over the military. It's an extremely dangerous precedent,' Vindman, the star witness in the first impeachment of President Trump, tweeted. 'You can't simply walk away from that.'
Many are claiming Milley was wrong to circumvent the president, and are calling on Milley to step down from as top military officer.
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Buzz Patterson, an aide during Bill Clinton's administration who protected the 'nuclear football,' said it was not Milley's job to make decisions in a civilian-controlled military.
'As a former carrier of the nuclear football, this is simply unconscionable,' Patterson tweeted.
'The military doesn't get to make this call in a civilian controlled system. Milley needs to resign immediately.'
In a second tweet he wrote: I'm outraged and every veteran and active duty member should be too! Each and every one of us were educated and drilled to always respect the chain. The CJCS violated that and usurped the authority of the commander in chief for political purposes. He jeopardized our security.'
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman is demanding Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff Mark Milley resign if he did go behind President Trump's back to speak to China
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Retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman is demanding Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff Mark Milley resign if he did go behind President Trump's back to speak to China
Retired Marine Colonel John Mee told DailyMail.com: 'If the reports are true, it's very disturbing. That completely flies in the face of civilian control of the military.'
Mee, who worked for the Joint Staff as a division chief of NATO's policy division, continued: 'I think that would be unprecedented, to warn [secretly] of a pending attack.'
Retired Colonel Rob Maness tweeted: 'If every veteran serving in the US Congress isn't calling Milley out and demanding his resignation and court martial, they deserve a primary opponent.'
He also responded to Vindman's tweet in a separate post where he said: 'Resignation is not enough.
'These actions demand a public court martial proceeding.'
Senator Marco Rubio wrote a letter to President Biden demanding that he fire Milley 'immediately' for working to 'actively undermine' Trump.
The book's revelations triggered a wave of concern that Milley had violated the chain of command, endangering national security and breaking norms of civilian control of the military
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The book's revelations triggered a wave of concern that Milley had violated the chain of command, endangering national security and breaking norms of civilian control of the military
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Buzz Patterson, an aide during Bill Clinton's administration who protected the 'nuclear football,' said it was not Milley's job to make decisions in a civilian-controlled military

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Buzz Patterson, an aide during Bill Clinton's administration who protected the 'nuclear football,' said it was not Milley's job to make decisions in a civilian-controlled military
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Former Navy Lieutenant Adam Laxalt, who served as Attorney General of Nevada, said Milley's actions should be considered 'treason'

Former Navy Lieutenant Adam Laxalt, who served as Attorney General of Nevada, said Milley's actions should be considered 'treason'
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Ruio hopes reports of Milley's contact with U.S 'enemy' are false


'[Milley] worked to actively undermine the sitting Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces and contemplated a treasonous leak of classified information to the Chinese Communist Party in advance of a potential armed conflict with the People's Republic of China (PRC),' he wrote in the letter.
'These actions by General Milley demonstrate a clear lack of sound judgement, and I urge you to dismiss him immediately.'
He added: 'General Milley has attempted to rationalize his reckless behavior by arguing that what he perceived as the military's judgement was more stable than its civilian commander. You must immediately dismiss General Milley. America's national security and ability to lead in the world are at stake.'
Republican Louisiana Senator John Kennedy said Milley 'should resign' if he negotiated with his Chinese counterpart and undermined Trump.
He told Fox Primetime host Lawrence Jones: 'You give me about 15 minutes with Gen. Milley under oath, in front of a committee of the United States Senate, and I will get to the truth.'
'If the truth is as alleged then, yes, he should resign.'
On the other hand, former Navy senior chief petty officer and intelligence expert Malcolm Nance praised Milley for 'defending the Constitution' in bypassing the president to speak and make promises to a foreign adversary.
'My Take: #GeneralMilley is a true Patriot who defended the Constitution at its moment of greatest need,' Nance tweeted. 'He took steps to ensure no UNLAWFUL orders would be followed which could lead to national catastrophe by a mad man. He is a #Hero'.
Republicans were furious over reports of Milley circumventing Trump to promise China he would warn them of any impending U.S. attack

Republicans were furious over reports of Milley circumventing Trump to promise China he would warn them of any impending U.S. attack
Retired Colonel Rob Maness aid 'resignation is not enough' and demanded a 'public court martial proceeding'

Retired Colonel Rob Maness aid 'resignation is not enough' and demanded a 'public court martial proceeding'
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Milley phoned his Chinese counterpart to give reassurances two days after the January 6 Capitol riot and cautioned US military leaders amid fears Trump might attack to keep power. Trump accused him of treason
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Milley phoned his Chinese counterpart to give reassurances two days after the January 6 Capitol riot and cautioned US military leaders amid fears Trump might attack to keep power. Trump accused him of treason
Fox News host Tucker Carlson slammed Milley as 'treasonous'.
'How do you describe this? 'Deep state' isn't strong enough. It's treason. It's a crime,' he said.
'To those who say they're worried about authoritarianism coming in America, well, it's here,' Carlson said. 'That's what this is. Authoritarian government. Government by unelected, unaccountable leaders willing to use violence to preserve their rule.'
An angry Trump said Milley was 'making it up' that he was concerned about a China attack in an attempt to distract from his own role in the bungled Afghanistan withdrawal.
'I think he's trying to just get out of his incompetent withdrawal out of Afghanistan, the worst, the dumbest thing that anybody's seen,' Trump said. 'Probably the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to our country.'
The former president repeated his frequent condemnation of the Biden administration's handling of Afghanistan before returning the allegations in the new book, excerpts of which were published by CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post .
Trump said: 'Milley made it up. He made this story about me attacking China.'
'Think of it, I'm going to attack China. What's the reason exactly, other than that they screw a certain trade?' he continued. 'You don't attack them for that.'
On the other hand, former Navy senior chief petty officer and intelligence expert Malcolm Nance praised Milley for 'defending the Constitution' in bypassing the president to speak and make promises to a foreign adversary

On the other hand, former Navy senior chief petty officer and intelligence expert Malcolm Nance praised Milley for 'defending the Constitution' in bypassing the president to speak and make promises to a foreign adversary
He described Milley's alleged behavior as 'a disgrace.'
'He was going to inform them when that will take place so they could be prepared,' Trump said. 'That is a treasonous statement and I cannot tell you how many people called up about it.'
Trump named Milley to the top military post in 2018, where he will serve until 2022.
Their relationship, however, quickly soured and details of their clashes have seeped into public view with publication of several accounts of the final days of the Trump presidency.
The upcoming book also detailed that Ivanka Trump told her father three times to stop pedaling election fraud claims as he watched the Capitol riot unfold on TV on January 6.
'Let this thing go,' Donald Trump's eldest daughter and then-senior adviser said at the time. 'Let it go.'
The book 'Peril' also detailed that retired General Keith Kellogg, who was serving as Vice President Mike Pence's national security adviser at the time, told Trump he should send a 'tweet' to help calm the crowd at the Capitol on January 6.
'You really should do a tweet,' Kellogg said, according to the book, written by journalist and author Bob Woodward and veteran Washington Post reporter Robert Costa.
'You need to get a tweet out real quick, help control the crowd up there,' he said as Trump watched the attack happening on television. 'This is out of control. They're not going to be able to control this. Sir, they're not prepared for it. Once a mob starts turning like that, you've lost it.'
Ivanka Trump, pictured January 4, 2021 with Donald Trump, told her father on January 6 that he should 'let this thing go' as they watched the Capitol riot unfold, according to a new book
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Ivanka Trump, pictured January 4, 2021 with Donald Trump, told her father on January 6 that he should 'let this thing go' as they watched the Capitol riot unfold, according to a new book
The book also detailed that retired General Keith Kellogg told Trump he should send a 'tweet' to help calm the crowd at the Capitol on January 6
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The book also detailed that retired General Keith Kellogg told Trump he should send a 'tweet' to help calm the crowd at the Capitol on January 6
'Peril,' by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa will be released by Simon & Schuster on September 21
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'Peril,' by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa will be released by Simon & Schuster on September 21
The then-president responded to Kellogg with a simple, 'Yeah' and then, the book details, 'Trump blinked and kept watching television.'
The retired general, according to the book, was with Trump on January 6 while he watched the chaos unfold from the White House.
The new book also revealed a bombshell that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, called his Chinese counterpart twice last year over concerns President Trump was ready to go to war.
Trump responded on Tuesday by saying the United States' top military officer was guilty of treason if he went behind his back with promises to warn China of an impending attack.
'If it is actually true - which is hard to believe that he would have called China, and done these things and was willing to advise them of an attack or in advance of an attack - that's treason,' Trump told Sean Spicer during an interview on Newsmax TV.
The latest account details how Milley took a series of extraordinary actions after the Jan. 6th Capitol riot because he was concerned an 'unstable' President Trump might undertake military action in a desperate bid to stay in office.
Milley met top military officials in the Pentagon two days after the MAGA riot and told them to keep him in the process for all military actions, including the use of nuclear weapons.
'If you get calls, no matter who they're from, there's a process here, there's a procedure. No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I'm part of that procedure,' he told reportedly told them.
He feared Trump was suffering 'serious mental decline,' according to the book, which relies on Woodward's well-established methods of relying on 'deep background' information provided sources, some of them anonymously, as well as documents and interviews, to attempt to reconstruct events and conversations..
'The strict procedures are explicitly designed to avoid inadvertent mistakes or accident or nefarious, unintentional, illegal, immoral, unethical launching of the world's most dangerous weapons,' he continued.
'Got it?' Milley asked his team members. 'Yes, sir,' they replied, in an exchange Milley considered 'an oath.'
Milley also told CIA Director Gina Haspel: 'Aggressively watch everything, 360.'
Just as stunning were Milley's reported actions that same date to the head of China's powerful military, to reassure his counterpart that the US was not going to attack China and set off a clash with a major nuclear power. His message, despite his own doubts about Trump's mental state, was that 'everything's fine.'
'Things may look unsteady,' Milley told Gen. Li. 'But that's the nature of democracy, General Li. We are 100 percent steady. Everything's fine. But democracy can be sloppy sometimes.'
US intelligence reportedly concluded the government of Chinese President Xi Jinping was concerned about a potential US attack after the Jan. 6 riot
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US intelligence reportedly concluded the government of Chinese President Xi Jinping was concerned about a potential US attack after the Jan. 6 riot
Milley called China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Li Zuocheng to provide reassurances over his alleged concerns Trump might take military action in a desperate move to retain power after his election loss
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Milley called China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Li Zuocheng to provide reassurances over his alleged concerns Trump might take military action in a desperate move to retain power after his election loss
Gen. Milley hits back at uproar over critical race theory



It was Milley's second call to his counterpart in the final months of the Trump administration. US intelligence concluded the Chinese believed Trump might launch a military strike in order create a basis to stay in power, after an election Trump claimed was fraudulent, despite a series of court and procedural defeats that had him running out of options.
Milley had earlier called Li in October amid ongoing tensions over the South China Straight, and Trump's rhetoric targeting China.
Milley feared Trump might seek to use such an attack to achieve a Reichstag fire type incident, where he would cite the dangerous new situation to cling to power. Milley afterward concluded Li was 'unusually rattled.'
According to the book, Milley even promised his counterpart there would be no surprises. They had reportedly established relations through a backchannel.
'General Li, you and I have known each other for now five years. If we're going to attack, I'm going to call you ahead of time. It's not going to be a surprise,' Milley reportedly told him.
The book quotes Milley expressing concerns Trump might launch a strike that could lead to war. Trump campaigned repeatedly ending Middle East wars he called a waste, and negotiated a departure date with the Taliban in Afghanistan before leaving office.
'I continually reminded him, depending on where and what you strike, you could find yourself at war,' the book quotes Milley as saying of Trump.
A president can only initiate a nuclear strike through a complex procedure that involves multiple layers of officials, coordinated through the National Military Command Center.

Milley also spoke to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who had publicly raised her own fears about Trump's access to nuclear weapons immediately after the riot, which came on a day Congress met to count the electoral votes to make Joe Biden president.
'This is bad, but who knows what he might do?' Pelosi said. 'He's crazy. You know he's crazy. He's been crazy for a long time. So don't say you don't know what his state of mind is.'
The authors cite a transcript of the call.
Milley responded, according to the book: ' Madam Speaker. I agree with you on everything.'
Pelosi told him: 'What I'm saying to you is that if they couldn't even stop him from an assault on the Capitol, who even knows what else he may do? And is there anybody in charge at the White House who was doing anything but kissing his fat butt all over this?'
'You know he's crazy. He's been crazy for a long time,' she told him.
Milley's efforts to give himself the opportunity to potentially head off a strike or a war appears to have been triggered by his call with Pelosi. According to the transcript, she asked him 'what precautions are available to prevent an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or from accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike?'
Milley then vouched for 'a lot of checks in the system.'
Haspel had raised her own concerns after Trump refused to accept the results of the November election. 'We are on the way to a right-wing coup. The whole thing is insanity. He is acting out like a six-year-old with a tantrum,' she told him.
'This is a highly dangerous situation. We are going to lash out for his ego?' she told Milley in a call.
The maneuvering came at a time after Milley had first accompanied Trump during his infamous photo-op shortly before authorities cleared protesters from Lafayette Square during Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020. He then apologized for having participated in the event in uniform.
 

Milley Leads The Chinese Insurrection​

Jon Bowne | Infowars.com
September 16th 2021, 10:28 am

Link: https://www.infowars.com/posts/milley-leads-the-chinese-insurrection/

General Milley's appeasement to China gave the CCP a deadly window of opportunity!

Woodward and Costa’s allegations regarding General Milley reveal the violation of several Uniform Codes of Military Law. A Court Martial would appear to be imminent.

In retrospect, Treason and betrayal were hovering around every corner of the Trump Administration.

General Milley, Trump’s Joint Chief of Staff’s contact with his Chinese counterpart assuring him of a warning of attack and organizing a mutiny in lieu of a Nuclear War actually gave China a window of opportunity if they had acted on it.

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General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been privately working with the Chinese Communist Party and even said he’d warn them if President Trump decided to launch an attack on the country!
 
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Here's some interesting commentary/analysis by FOX News and Carlson on the subversion, insubordination, and TREASON of Milley for what he (reportedly) did and said, effectively over-throwing the US Pres. at the time (Trump), etc.



Meanwhile, sportsfans of the world, look at what the fake Jews-media is feeding the world as distraction--the "whereabouts" of Gabby and Brian!--isn't it sooooo dramatic and riveting?


Of course, there are still little problems for fake news and "globalist" traitors who too easily screw things up, like the recent "evacuation" of Kabul and glorious turning of things over to the Afgan natives

 
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Mark Milley and the Rogue Military Brass: Dress Rehearsal for a Coup?

Link: https://www.cato.org/commentary/mark-milley-rogue-military-brass-dress-rehearsal-coup

The decision by Milley and his military colleagues to bypass the elected president sets a tremendously unhealthy precedent.

September 21, 2021 • CommentaryBy Ted Galen CarpenterShare
This article appeared in Antiwar.com on September 21, 2021.TOP

Leaks to the news media from a new book, Peril, by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa on the last weeks of the Trump administration are generating a firestorm of controversy, especially regarding the conduct of Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. One issue, Milley’s apparently secret communications with Gen. Li Zuocheng (the head of the People’s Liberation Army) to assure Beijing that U.S. military leaders would not let the president do anything rash, has received the most attention and adverse comment. Another revelation — that Milley obtained an agreement from other top military commanders affirming that they would not execute orders from the White House unless Milley explicitly confirmed those orders — has not received the attention it deserves. Both actions have major, troubling implications for civilian control of the military, but the latter allegation actually may be the more worrisome of the two.

A common feature of both reports is Milley’s utter certainty, bordering on paranoia, that Trump was not merely an unworthy but a truly dangerous president. That belief, in turn, supposedly justified a refusal by Milley and like‐minded members of the military hierarchy to respect Trump’s constitutional role as commander‐in‐chief.

The decision by Milley and his military colleagues to bypass the elected president sets a tremendously unhealthy precedent.

Woodward and Costa describe the main action Milley took in response to that belief. He “called a secret meeting in his Pentagon office on January 8 to review the process for military action, including launching nuclear weapons. Speaking to senior military officials in charge of the National Military Command Center, the Pentagon’s war room, Milley instructed them not to take orders from anyone unless he was involved. ‘No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I’m part of that procedure.’” The JCS chairman then “went around the room, looked each officer in the eye, and asked them to verbally confirm they understood. ‘Got it?’ Milley asked. ‘Yes, sir,’” was the unanimous response, which Milley then regarded as a binding oath. Weeks earlier, he and CIA director Gina Haspel commiserated about Trump’s behavior and discussed plans to keep US policy “steady as a rock.” Reports of such collaboration are not likely to alleviate concerns that military and intelligence officials increasingly act as though they are in charge of “deep state” shadow government.

If the Woodward and Costa account is accurate, the January 8 meeting and its outcome should alarm every American who understands and values the importance of civilian control of the military. America’s founders recognized how crucial such control was, and that is why they put an explicit provision in the Constitution making the elected president, not some puffed‐up field marshal or general, the head of the military. Indeed, the founders were wary of the new republic even having a standing army. They had seen far too many historical examples of military figures who forcibly usurped power to be complacent about that danger. Examples ranged from top generals repeatedly defying the authority of the Senate during the final decades of the Roman republic to Oliver Cromwell’s imposition of military rule in 17th century England. Affirming civilian control of the military was deemed an essential safeguard, especially if the country had to have a standing army.

The decision by Milley and his military colleagues to bypass the elected president sets a tremendously unhealthy precedent. Worse, they had no concrete evidence — merely suspicions on their part — that Trump planned to do anything rash, much less start a nuclear war. Indeed, one of the items that upset Milley suggests that his antipathy was motivated at least in part by a policy disagreement and a bruised ego. “Right after Trump lost the election, Milley discovered the President had signed a military order to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by January 15, 2021, before he left the White House.” Supposedly, “no one on the national security team” knew about the decision. At the January conclave, “Milley could not forget that Trump had done an end run around his top military advisers.” In other words, Trump’s great offense in Milley’s view was daring to bypass the national security bureaucracy and the members of the blob that controlled it. That’s not evidence of insanity; it even may have been evidence of (tragically belated) clear thinking.

American Conservative columnist Rod Dreher makes a pertinent point. “If things were as bad as Milley believed they were, he should have publicly threatened to resign, and then gone to Congress to spill the beans.” Going around the civilian commander‐in‐chief and organizing a covert campaign of obstruction and insubordination is not an appropriate option.

We cannot have generals collectively plotting about what orders from their civilian superiors they will or will not obey. Such behavior amounts to a dress rehearsal for a military coup. It is habit forming, and with this precedent the odds have greatly increased that another episode of covert defiance will take place in a future administration. The danger is especially acute if Milley (and perhaps others) are not punished, but instead excused or (worse) praised. Giving generals a taste of illicit power is akin to giving a pride of lions a taste of human flesh. They no longer will confine themselves to hunting traditional prey. We must not make a mistake with the military brass that could prove fatal to the American republic.
 

Gen. Milley Makes Shocking Admission Of Treason: ‘Yes, I Would Have Warned The Chinese’​

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Link: https://en-volve.com/2021/10/01/gen...-treason-yes-i-would-have-warned-the-chinese/

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President Biden’s ‘Woke’ Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made a stunning confession on Wednesday that he made a promise to his Chinese counterpart that if the US was going to attack, he would give him a heads up
Milley basically revealed to the House Armed Services Committee that the ‘Deep State’ was working behind President Trump’s back to protect and embolden China in a surprising statement.
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) grilled Milley during the hearing on whether allegations in Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s book were true that Milley had told Chinese officials that he would notify them if the U.S. were about to attack.

According to the book, Milley reassured Gen. Li Zuocheng during a “top secret, back-channel” phone call on October 30, 2020, that Trump wouldn’t be allowed to get in China’s way:
General Li, you and I have known each other for now five years. If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise. It’s not going to be a bolt out of the blue.
Breitbart.com reports: Milley admitted to Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Tuesday that he spoke to Woodward for the book, as well as other journalists for their books, to make sure things were accurate.
Hartzler asked Milley had he really told his Chinese counterpart that he would be notified.
Milley responded:
So this is a longer conversation. It’s a VTC [ video teleconference ] with General Li, and there’s a body of intelligence that leads up to this that was persuasive to Secretary Esper, myself, and many, many others that the Chinese thought wrongly that the United States is going to attack them. I am certain, guaranteed certain, that President Trump had no intent to attack and it was my task to make sure I communicated that.

As part of that conversation, I said, “General Li, there’s not going to be a war. There is not going to be an attack between great powers. And if there was, the tensions would build up. There’d be calls going back and forth from all kinds of senior officials.” I said, “Hey, General Li, I’ll probably give you a call, but we’re not going to attack you. Trust me, we’re not going to attack you.” These are two great powers and I am doing my best to transmit the president’s intent, President Trump’s intent, to ensure that the American people are protected from an incident that could escalate.
Hartzler told Milley, “I understand your intent, but I think you are articulating that — that you would tell him you would give him a call, I think, is worthy of your resignation. I just think that’s against our country that you would give our No. 1 adversary that information and tell him that.”
 

GOP Senators Worry DOD’s ‘Countering Extremism’ Group Targets Troops Opposing ‘Woke Orthodoxy’​

by Breitbart
December 3rd 2021, 5:10 am

Link: https://www.infowars.com/posts/gop-...group-targets-troops-opposing-woke-orthodoxy/

A dozen Republican senators on Wednesday sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin seeking more information on his Countering Extremism Working Group and assurance that it will not target those who oppose leftist “woke orthodoxy.”

Led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), the letter expresses concern for U.S. troops who could be “unfairly targeted by your newly established Countering Extremism Working Group.” They wrote:


In the wake of the U.S. Department of Justice’s efforts to silence parents protesting anti-American racial indoctrination being taught in schools across the country, we are deeply concerned that this latest effort by the Biden Administration will target service members who voice opposition to woke, Leftist ideology under the guise of protecting our ‘national security interest.’ Service members represent a cross-section of the country they faithfully serve, and hold beliefs and opinions as diverse as America itself. These patriotic men and women come from all backgrounds, ethnicities, and beliefs. Our military leaders should be honoring the diversity among our armed forces, not divide us by forcing false narratives that solely serve to alienate our fellow Americans based on the color of their skin.
The letter is signed by 11 fellow senators, several of them military veterans: Sens. Rick Scott (FL), Thom Tillis (NC), Kevin Cramer (ND), Mike Braun (IN), Josh Hawley (MO), Tom Cotton (AR), John Boozman (AR), Roger Marshall (KS), Steve Daines (MT), James Lankford (OK), and Mike Lee (UT).

They wrote that “there is no room for extremism in and among our service members,” and that the Department of Defense must:

…utilize its resources to identify and neutralize real threats of extremism, such as the Royal Saudi Air Force student who killed two people aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida in 2019; the individual who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard in 2013; and the individual who fatally shot 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009.
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Pentagon Watchdogs Call on Gen. Mark Milley To Answer For Allegations He Usurped President Trump After Jan. 6​

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July 17th 2022, 1:41 pm

Link: https://www.infowars.com/posts/pent...tions-he-usurped-president-trump-after-jan-6/

"Years of oversight have taught me this lesson. Evasive answers usually offer revealing clues about the truth," says Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) called on Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to honor his word about answering to allegations that he usurped President Donald Trump after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.

Speaking on the floors of the House and Senate on Thursday, Grassley and Banks reminded Milley that he promised Congress he would address stunning allegations from Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s book Peril that could be considered treason.


“Milley allegedly placed military hands — his hands — on controls that belonged exclusively to the president. According to Peril, [he] summoned senior operation officers in the military command center to his office,” Grassley said, adding, “He had them take ‘an oath’ not to ‘act’ on the president’s orders without checking with him first,” Grassley said.

“These brazen words and actions, if accurate, strike at the heart of our democracy — civilian control of the military. They turn this guiding rule upside down and show utter contempt for the commander-in-chief coming from the nation’s top general. They are dangerous and contrary to military code 10 US Code 888,” he said.

Grassley went on to explain that he repeatedly sent handwritten requests to Milley to answer for the alarming allegations.

“After my third note, Gen. Milley responded with the same old smoke and mirrors routine: ‘I have never read the books.’ Years of oversight have taught me this lesson. Evasive answers usually offer revealing clues about the truth,” Grassley said.

From his speech on the Senate floor:

I think Gen. Milley knows better. He knows the score. If those books and all attendant press coverage of those books had contained gross misrepresentations, we would have heard about it a long time ago. He would have been hammered by the authors and corrected the record. However, to date, not a peep from the general. His silence speaks volumes. Something doesn’t smell just right. As a Pentagon watchdog, when I get a whiff of wrongdoing, I sink in my teeth and don’t let go.
So Congressman Jim Banks, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, and I upped the ante on April the 11th with 12 pointed questions. We gave Gen. Milley a second bite at the apple to clear the air. Now, two and a half months later, we still have no response. Gen. Milley, you said you were going to answer for Sen. Blackburn’s question. Honor your word and so the questions come clean with the American people. We are all ears.
Banks made similar remarks on the House floor:

Our Constitution is clear: the president is the commander-in-chief. Sidestepping the president and violating the chain of command is a grave crime.
According to Bob Woodward’s book Peril, Gen. Mark Milley directed senior military officers NOT to follow the president’s orders, unless Gen. Milley approved them first. When I asked Gen. Milley about Peril at an Armed Services hearing, he claimed he hadn’t READ it. Convenient. So Sen. Chuck Grassley and I sent a letter to Gen. Milley, asking him to verify or refute the books’ claims.
He hasn’t responded. I am calling on Gen. Milley to set the record straight. Gen. Milley is accused of secretly SEIZING the president’s military powers. That is the most serious crime. If he is innocent, he has a duty to say so.
The book Peril claimed Milley was worried that Trump could “go rogue” and convened a secret meeting with senior military leaders on Jan. 8, warning them not to follow any commands by Trump without Milley present.

“No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I’m part of that procedure,” Milley told them, Woodward and Costa wrote. “Milley considered it an oath.”

The book also claimed Milley established a secret back-channel with the Communist Chinese military unbeknownst to President Trump to assure them that they would be warned ahead of time of a U.S. surprise attack.

“General Li, I want to assure you that the American government is stable and everything is going to be okay,” Milley allegedly said. “We are not going to attack or conduct any kinetic operations against you.”

“General Li, you and I have known each other for now five years. If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise,” he said, according to the book.
 

Gen. Mark Milley's Insanely Arrogant 4-Paragraph Resignation Letter to Trump Is Released​

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Link: http://www.stationgossip.com/2022/08/gen-mark-milleys-insanely-arrogant-4.html

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley was appointed by former President Donald Trump in 2019 and remains in office under ...​


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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley was appointed by former President Donald Trump in 2019 and remains in office under President Joe Biden.
In a recently published excerpt from her forthcoming book, “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021,” New Yorker writer Susan Glasser recounts Milley’s service during the Trump administration.
Glasser portrays Milley as a dedicated military officer with a strong set of values who loathed his unstable and temperamental boss. But despite his commander in chief’s “fits of rage, late-night Twitter storms” and “abrupt dismissals,” Milley was determined not to resign for the good of his country. So altruistic.
There was that one time, however, when Milley was so utterly humiliated by Trump that he spent days in his Pentagon office, writing and rewriting a letter of resignation.
The occasion came during the June 2020 George Floyd riots. Members of Black Lives Matter had tried, but fortunately failed, to burn down St. John’s Church in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square. Trump, accompanied by several advisers and Cabinet members, famously walked to the church and was photographed as he held up a Bible. Milley was among that group.
The legacy media claimed that a crowd of BLM protesters had been “violently” cleared from Lafayette Square by the U.S. Park Police for the sole purpose of this photo-op. One year later, the inspector general of the Interior Department released a report stating that the USPP had cleared the park to allow fencing to be installed “in response to destruction of property and injury to officers.”
In her new book, of course, Glasser tells readers, “Most of the demonstrations had been peaceful, but there were also eruptions of looting, street violence, and arson, including a small fire in St. John’s Church, across from the White House.”
Anyway, because members of the military are expected to remain apolitical and he had participated in a “political event,” Milley was filled with remorse.
During a pre-recorded commencement address to the graduating class of the National Defense University, Milley apologized. He said, “I should never have been there.”“As senior leaders, everything you do will be closely watched, and I am not immune, as many of you saw the result of that photograph of me at
Lafayette Square last week,” he told the graduates.
“I should not have been there. My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics. As a commissioned, uniformed officer, it was a mistake that I have learned from and I sincerely hope we all can learn from it.”

Upon additional reflection, Milley penned his letter of resignation, which is included in Glasser’s excerpt.
It is a boastful, four-paragraph letter written by a disgruntled subordinate with little sense of self-awareness. He tells the president he’s done some “deep soul-searching” and “can no longer faithfully support and execute your orders.”
“It is my belief that you were doing great and irreparable harm to my country,” he begins. “I believe that you have made a concerted effort over time to politicize the United States military. I thought that I could change that. I’ve come to the realization that I cannot, and I need to step aside and let someone else try to do that.”
Milley continues, “You are using the military to create fear in the minds of the people — and we are trying to protect the American people. I cannot stand idly by and participate in that attack, verbally or otherwise, on the American people.
“The American people trust their military and they trust us to protect them against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and our military will do just that. We will not turn our back on the American people.”
“I swore an oath to the Constitution of the United States and embodied within that Constitution is the idea that says that all men and women are created equal,” Milley writes. He expands upon his own acceptance of all people no matter their race, religion or sexual orientation, then moves on to his patriotism. The implication is, of course, that Trump is racist, bigoted and doesn’t love America.
“Lastly it is my deeply held belief that you’re ruining the international order, and causing significant damage to our country overseas, that was fought for so hard by the Greatest Generation that they instituted in 1945. Between 1914 and 1945, 150 million people were slaughtered in the conduct of war. They were slaughtered because of tyrannies and dictatorships.
“That generation, like every generation, has fought against that, has fought against fascism, has fought against Nazism, has fought against extremism. It’s now obvious to me that you don’t understand that world order.
“You don’t understand what the war was all about. In fact, you subscribe to many of the principles that we fought against. And I cannot be a party to that. It is with deep regret that I hereby submit my letter of resignation.”
Is he calling Trump a fascist? A Nazi? Sounds like it. If Milley thinks Trump damaged America’s reputation, we have to wonder how he feels about Biden’s blunders.
Unfortunately, he never submitted the letter to Trump.
Glasser writes, “Milley had finally come to a decision. He would not quit. ‘F*** that s***,’ he told his staff. ‘I’ll just fight him.’ The challenge, as he saw it, was to stop Trump from doing any more damage.”
Trump would have been better off if this coward had resigned. Among other allegations, Milley reportedly told his Chinese counterpart he would alert him if Trump were to plan any surprise attacks.

I would remind Milley of a certain oath he took a long time ago. He solemnly swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same.
The BLM riots in the summer of 2020 were not peaceful. They were responsible for over $1 billion in property damage. They caused injury and even deaths. It’s one thing to oppose racism and quite another to excuse crime in our cities.
Either you’re for the rule of law and against terrorism, or you’re not.
Standing up for the rule of law and against terrorism isn’t politics, Gen. Milley. It’s your job.
 

Milley Says the US Should Attack Iran’s IRGC Quds Force​

Direct US attacks on the Quds Force could spark a full-blown war with Iran

by Dave DeCamp Posted onMarch 30, 2023

Link: https://news.antiwar.com/2023/03/30/milley-says-the-us-should-attack-irans-ircg-quds-force/

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told Congress on Wednesday that the US should be targeting Iran’s Quds Force, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), following a drone attack in Syria that killed a US contractor.
“We do know that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard [Corps], and specifically their Quds Force … that group there is what we need to be targeting, and targeting them very harshly over time, and that’s exactly what we plan on doing,” Milley said, according to Al-Monitor.

The Pentagon said the drone that hit a US base in Syria last week was of “Iranian origin” but provided no evidence for the claim. President Biden ordered airstrikes against facilities the Pentagon said were used by groups affiliated with the IRGC, referring to Shia militias that operate in Syria.
According to Iranian media, Tehran denies that the US targeted facilities aligned with Iran and says the airstrikes hit a “rural development center and a grain center.” The Pentagon later claimed the strikes targeted “two IRGC-Quds Force targets” and estimated at least eight militants were killed in the airstrikes, but said they weren’t Iranian. Other unconfirmed reports put the death toll at 19.
If the US starts targeting Iran’s Quds Force directly, as Milley is suggesting, it could spark a full-blown war with Iran. The US and Iran were brought to the brink of conflict in January 2020 when the Trump administration launched a drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who was the commander of the Quds Force at the time.
The US occupation of eastern Syria always risks sparking a wider war as US bases frequently come under attack. According to the Pentagon, since January 2021, there have been about 80 attacks on US troops in Syria.
The Pentagon claims all of these attacks were “Iran-backed” but never provides evidence for the assertion. Many of the Shia militias operate independently of Tehran, and other groups in Syria would have an interest in attacking US forces, including ISIS, which is an enemy of both the US and Iran and would benefit from stoking a conflict between them.
 
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