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General #Milley reminds #service #members of their #duty " We do NOT take an #oath to a #King or #Queen, or #Tyrant, or a #Dictator, or a #wannabe #Dictator , we don’t take an oath to an #individual, We take an #oath to the #Constitution " #NOKINGS #NODICTATORS youtube.com/shorts/RHYqk...
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Era il settembre del 2022 e questo era il momento migliore per trattare la #pace per #Zelensky. Lo disse il generale Mark #Milley.
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Ritirata dei russi, le città dell’est tornano all’#Ucraina. Mosca: «Ci stiamo solo riorganizzando»
https://www.ilmessaggero.it/mondo/ucraina_controffensiva_russia_miliaziani_ceceni_kherson_cosa_sta_succedendo_kupiansk_izyum-6919821.html -
And after #Trump returned to power, #Milley’s & #Esper’s portraits were removed from the walls of the #Pentagon.
It is unclear whether Gen #CQBrown will get a portrait of his 1 year & 4 months as the #JointChiefs chair. Trump has not publicly criticized Gen Brown, whom he is seeking to replace w/the retired 3-star Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, another fighter pilot.
#USpol #law #authoritarianism #autocracy #military #WhiteSupremacy
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The two were already at odds over #Trump’s desire to use the #InsurrectionAct to deploy active duty #troops to rein in the protesters, a move that Gen #Milley & then #Defense Secy Mark Esper had vehemently opposed.
Trump would never trust either man again.
Trump would later fire Esper (by tweet). As for Gen Milley, Trump would eventually suggest he should be put to death.
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Days after #GeorgeFloyd’s murder, Gen. #Milley, wearing his Army fatigues, accompanied #Trump in a walk across Lafayette Square near the White House for a photo op after an *aggressive* [brutal] clearing of a peaceful #demonstration. Milley was widely criticized for allowing Trump to drag him into #politics.
Milley publicly apologized, saying, “I should not have been there.”
Trump was furious. “Why’d you do that?” he asked Milley, per Trump ofcls at the time.
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In the 4-min video, Gen #CQBrown reflected on his experiences as an African American pilot in the Air Force.
The killing of #GeorgeFloyd also blew up the relationship between #Trump & General Brown’s predecessor, Gen. Mark A. #Milley.
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#us Mastodon, if you know #military members, now is the time to start talking about opposing dictators, especially internally. #trump is going to remove the power of the #judiciary , he owns local cops already, and he has legislative. It’s going to take a general like #milley , whose picture he removed for that reason, to stand up to the administration which refuses normalcy and law. Shore up that conviction from the enlisted on up. If the military backs Trump, the people lose.
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"New U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in one of his first acts in the job since being appointed by President Donald Trump, has revoked the personal security detail and security clearance for Mark Milley, the retired Army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Milley, who served as the top U.S. military officer during some of Trump's first presidential term, became a leading critic of him after retiring as a four-star general in 2023 during former President Joe Biden's administration and has faced death threats. Milley will also face an inquiry by the Pentagon inspector general's office into his conduct that could lead to him being bumped down in rank.
(. . .)
The moves to punish Milley, which also include removal of his two portraits in the Pentagon, came as the Pentagon mobilizes to support Trump's immigration crackdown and to conform to his conservative revamp of policies on personnel.
These include executive orders that aim to ban transgender people from the armed forces, elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and to reinstate thousands of troops who were kicked out of the military for refusing orders to take COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-pull-milleys-security-clearance-fox-reports-2025-01-28/
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Ex-Generalstabschef und Trump-Kritiker Milley verliert Personenschutz
Die US-Regierung geht weiter gegen Trump-Kritiker vor: Nun verliert Ex-Generalstabschef Milley seinen Personenschutz. Außerdem könnte er nachträglich degradiert werden. Sein Bild wurde bereits aus dem Pentagon entfernt.
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“The ghost of General #Milley shouldn’t haunt the #Pentagon anymore, nor should it haunt the armed forces,” a senior #defense ofcl said. “This is all about accountability for General Milley.”
[Jiminy Cricket, echoes of #ElonMusk’s Germany “too much of a focus on past guilt”]
Shortly after #Trump was sworn in, admin ofcls had a portrait of Milley memorializing his time as #JointChiefs chairman removed from a wall in the Pentagon.
#military #NationalSecurity #jcs #RevengePolitics #law #USpol
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#Politics #politics2025 #women #womensrights #womenshealth #WomenHealthCare #HumanRights #GenMilley #milley
“…Trump officials have also taken down a government website that helped women find health care and understand their rights. They have also removed the official portrait of former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley from the hallway with the portraits of all the former chairs…now all minus one…”Heather Cox Richardson
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President Joe Biden issued preemptive #pardons Monday to retired Gen. Mark A. #Milley, Anthony S. #Fauci, members and staff of the Jan. 6 congressional committee, and #police officers who testified before the panel,
in an extraordinary move just hours before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
In a lengthy statement, Biden explained that he was issuing the pardons not because of any wrongdoing by those included
but to protect them after they had served their country.Biden’s decision comes after Trump has repeatedly threatened to go after those who have crossed him politically or attempted to hold him accountable for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
“These public servants have served our nation with honor and distinction and do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions,” Biden said in the statement. “I believe in the rule of law,
and I am optimistic that the strength of our legal institutions will ultimately prevail over politics.
But these are exceptional circumstances,
and I cannot in good conscience do nothing,” Biden added.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/20/biden-issues-preemptive-pardons/
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Forget firing,
Donald Trump just pitched having special counsel Jack Smith #deported.During a rambling radio interview on 77WABC’s Cats & Cosby Thursday,
Trump threw out Smith’s name when asked about his plans for immigration.“Domestically, what could America look like if it continues to have this open border policy that we have seen?” asked host Rita Cosby.
“We can’t have it, it’s, it’s not sustainable, it has to be shut immediately and you have to let people in, but they have to come in legally and you have to get the killers, the murderers, and the mentally deranged, you have to get them out.
And we should throw Jack Smith out with them,” Trump said.
“The #mentally #deranged people, Jack Smith should be considered mentally deranged and he should be thrown out of the country,” Trump continued.Trump seemed to pluck Smith’s name out of thin air, as the special counsel had not yet come up in the interview.
Smith has overseen two investigations into Trump,
one regarding his alleged efforts to overturn the election results in 2020,
and another into his alleged mishandling of classified documents.This isn’t the first time Trump has threatened to deport those in the country legally.
The former president has repeatedly made threats to deport immigrants who have entered the country under temporary protected status and humanitarian parole.Shortly before claiming that he would deport one of his political enemies, who is attempting to hold him accountable for his alleged crimes, Trump tried desperately to defend himself from claims that he was a fascist.
The former president went on a tirade against his former chief of staff, retired U.S. general #John #Kelly, who said that Trump fell into the “general definition of fascist.”
Trump claimed Kelly was simply angry he’d been fired.Trump went on a wild rant calling Kelly a “stupid person,”
“a bully who made up stories,”
and “a man of rather low intelligence, who was a tough guy who became a marshmallow.”
He swerved into complaints about former Secretaries of Defense #Mark #Esper and #James #Mattis, and former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff #Mark #Milley.This is Trump’s second threat against Smith in as many days.
Trump vowedThursday to “fire” Smith on his first day in office, in hopes of washing his hands of the two federal cases against him.https://newrepublic.com/post/187579/donald-trump-jack-smith-deport
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#General #Kelly 4 stars General
General #Milley
>These are people have put their LIFE on the line for #America(They are NOT bone spours' draft dodgers who believe that not having caught syphilis or some STD is a... feat of war that deserves a medal)
When they speak (which rarely happens)
LISTEN to them
THEY have acquired the RIGHT and authority.
to be heard
NOT the orange telemarketer.(#Magas, going around saying 'thanks for your service'
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Good one from #NickAnderson
I hire the best people
He's a dangerous fascist
Clowns and Traitors
#trump #kelly #johnkelly #Milley
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A Fascist to the Core…The Most Dangerous Man in our Country
On Saturday, September 7, #Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump predicted that his plan to deport 15 to 20 million people currently living in the United States would be “bloody.”
He also promised to prosecute his political opponents, including, he wrote, lawyers, political operatives, donors, illegal voters, and election officials.
Retired chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark #Milley told journalist #BobWoodward that #Trump is “a #Fascist to the core…the most dangerous person to this country.”
#fascism #voteblue #nazi
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-21-2024 -
“Trump is ‘fascist to the core,’ Milley says in Woodward book
“Retired Gen. Mark A. #Milley warned that former president Donald #Trump is a “#Fascist to the core” and “the most dangerous person to this country” in new comments voicing his mounting alarm at the prospect of the #Republican nominee’s election to another term, according to a forthcoming book by Washington Post associate editor #BobWoodward.”
#fascism #authoritarianism #voteblue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/12/mark-milley-donald-trump-fascist/ -
Fox News’s interview of Kamala Harris was grievance theater, not political journalism
After 10 minutes of playing immigration “#gotcha”,
Baier pivoted to the obvious next subject,
airing a video clip in which Harris expressed support for transgender people in prisons.Immigrant hatred.
Transphobia.
And later, Joe Biden’s age.
Baier was running through the Fox News greatest hits playlist.
This was #grievance #theater, not political journalism.
❇️. But Harris got in her licks. She had her moments.
Chiming in afterwards in what some saw as 🔸corporate damage control,
Baier’s colleagues on Fox News gushed their approval.Martha MacCallum termed Baier’s performance “masterful”, while Dana Perino analyzed the interview as “super good”.
I can’t imagine that too many viewers agreed.
If they came to it expecting to learn more about Harris’s policies or get a true sense of her character, they would have been disappointed.That wasn’t the gameplan, and it wasn’t the result.
But Harris accomplished something anyway.
⭐️Merely by sitting down with a Fox host, she made a few statements.
✅First, that she is unafraid and is willing to speak to all voters.
It’s hard to imagine Donald Trump, these days, submitting to an interview with, say, Rachel Maddow of MSNBC;just this week, he turned away from a CNBC interview, and earlier canceled a CBS News 60 Minutes agreement.
✅ Second, Harris did manage to introduce a few snippets of reality to dedicated Fox viewers who probably haven’t been exposed to some of the most troubling criticisms of Trump.
“That he’s unfit to serve. That he’s unstable. That’s he’s dangerous,” was how she characterized what millions of Americans are feeling.
“And that people are exhausted.”
She even was able to mention, at some length, the harsh view of the former commander-in-chief from #Mark #Milley, who served in two top military roles
– including chair of the joint chiefs of staff
– during the Trump administration.Milley has called Trump♦️ “fascist to the core”
and has said that
💥no one has ever been as dangerous to the United States. -
“He is the most dangerous person ever. I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is now the most dangerous person to this country…a fascist to the core.”
This is how former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff #MarkMilley, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer and the primary military advisor to the president, the secretary of defense, and the National Security Council, described former president Donald Trump to veteran journalist #BobWoodward. #Trump appointed Milley to that position
#milley #fascist #dementia #voteblue
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-13-2024 -
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Mark #Milley said former President #Trump is "a #fascist to the core," according to journalist Bob Woodward's forthcoming book, "War," multiple outlets reported on Friday.
Why it matters: Milley's existing #scorn for the GOP presidential nominee has escalated. "He is now the most dangerous person to this country," he told #Woodward.
"I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline.”https://www.axios.com/2024/10/11/mark-milley-trump-fascist-bob-woodward-book
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Gen. Mark Milley’s Second Act: Multimillionaire
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/11/general-mark-milley-paid-speeches/
#NationalSecurity #speakerscircuit #hillaryclinton #revolvingdoor #Milley
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Gen. Mark Milley’s Second Act: Multimillionaire
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/11/general-mark-milley-paid-speeches/
#NationalSecurity #speakerscircuit #hillaryclinton #revolvingdoor #Milley
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Gen. Mark Milley’s Second Act: Multimillionaire
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/11/general-mark-milley-paid-speeches/
#NationalSecurity #speakerscircuit #hillaryclinton #revolvingdoor #Milley
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Gen. Mark Milley’s Second Act: Multimillionaire
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/11/general-mark-milley-paid-speeches/
#NationalSecurity #speakerscircuit #hillaryclinton #revolvingdoor #Milley
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Gen. Mark Milley’s Second Act: Multimillionaire
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/11/general-mark-milley-paid-speeches/
#NationalSecurity #speakerscircuit #hillaryclinton #revolvingdoor #Milley
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…“A person that has no idea what America stands for & has no idea what #America is all about. A person who cavalierly suggests that a selfless warrior who has #served his country for 40 years in peacetime & war should lose his life for #treason — in expectation that someone will take action.”
#Kelly’s comment that Trump was saying this “in expectation that someone will take action” sure sounds like he is accusing #Trump of attempting to #incite #violence against now-retired #Milley.
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Trump’s attack on Milley fuels special counsel’s push for a gag order
#TrumpAttack #Milley #SpecialCounsel #GagOrder #PoliticalNews #MediaCoverage #Politics #News
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General Mark A. Milley Relinquishment and Retirement Ceremony. Milley's final remarks as a uniformed Service member begin at 1:08:30.
The real meat starts at 1:22:50 - please listen. We know who the "wannabe dictator" he mentioned is. He thrashed Trump for calling us "suckers" and "losers" and dissing our wounded Service members. He spoke for us. #veterans
#USArmy #CJCS #DOD #military #Milley
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/898948/general-mark-milley-relinquishment-and-retirement-ceremony -
I mean, on the one hand #PaulGosar is a bizarro homophobic wingnut (albeit one IN THE US CONGRESS), and so can be somewhat discounted.
On the other hand, following up on #DonaldTrump's suggestion that #Milley is a traitor who in olden days would have been executed ...
This is what we have to face if Trump wins in 2024. Don't ignore it. Believe it.
https://news.yahoo.com/republican-rep-paul-gosar-calls-091953528.html
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"After so many years of Trump’s outrageous comments, lies, grievances, and threats, it’s hard to be shocked anymore."
We are not shocked by what he says nor do we expect better from that segment of our population that supports him. We must state plainly what is true and good, and accept nothing less from media, leaders, and peers.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/09/donald-trump-democracy-media-2024-election
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#Trump Floats the Idea of #Executing #JointChiefs Chairman #Milley. The former #president is inciting #violence against the nation’s top #general. America’s response is #distracted and #numb. By Brian Klaas. This #maniac may dismantle America in 2025. Do not assume he will be sentenced to #jail or #incarcerated. He is a #felon and bought a #glock no #consequences. #gunviolence #Jan6th #insurrection #federalgovernment #despot #democracy #authoritarian #fascist https://archive.ph/X2zjS
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As someone shoved to the margins of the Catholic church — and content to be there — I say, when I look at men like Paul Gosar (and Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Leonard Leo, Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis, and countless others):
The US Catholic church needs to own what it's doing to democracy via its right-wing members.
Someone catechized these folks. Who did so?
#Gosar #homophobia #Trump #Milley #Catholics
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-paul-gosars-homophobic-rant-on-mark-milley-is-derangedeven-for-him
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As someone shoved to the margins of the Catholic church — and content to be there — I say, when I look at men like Paul Gosar (and Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Leonard Leo, Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis, and countless others):
The US Catholic church needs to own what it's doing to democracy via its right-wing members.
Someone catechized these folks. Who did so?
#Gosar #homophobia #Trump #Milley #Catholics
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-paul-gosars-homophobic-rant-on-mark-milley-is-derangedeven-for-him
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As someone shoved to the margins of the Catholic church — and content to be there — I say, when I look at men like Paul Gosar (and Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Leonard Leo, Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis, and countless others):
The US Catholic church needs to own what it's doing to democracy via its right-wing members.
Someone catechized these folks. Who did so?
#Gosar #homophobia #Trump #Milley #Catholics
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-paul-gosars-homophobic-rant-on-mark-milley-is-derangedeven-for-him
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As someone shoved to the margins of the Catholic church — and content to be there — I say, when I look at men like Paul Gosar (and Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Leonard Leo, Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis, and countless others):
The US Catholic church needs to own what it's doing to democracy via its right-wing members.
Someone catechized these folks. Who did so?
#Gosar #homophobia #Trump #Milley #Catholics
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-paul-gosars-homophobic-rant-on-mark-milley-is-derangedeven-for-him
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As someone shoved to the margins of the Catholic church — and content to be there — I say, when I look at men like Paul Gosar (and Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Leonard Leo, Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis, and countless others):
The US Catholic church needs to own what it's doing to democracy via its right-wing members.
Someone catechized these folks. Who did so?
#Gosar #homophobia #Trump #Milley #Catholics
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-paul-gosars-homophobic-rant-on-mark-milley-is-derangedeven-for-him
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As 🇺🇸 General #Milley heads towards retirement from a distinguished military career, he gave his last presentation from a #Ukraine Defense Contact Group #UDCG, and stated clearly his opinion of #US responsibilities towards #Ukraine, #NATO and globally, and his full understanding of #Ukraine's national character and capabilities.
He has been an outstanding military leader during #Russia's invasion and war with #Europe.
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
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Already, one of #Trump’s minions in #Congress has echoed the #incitement to #violence. The #Republican #PaulGosar of #Arizona wrote—in his #taxpayer-funded newsletter, no less—that “in a better society, quislings like the strange sodomy-promoting General Milley would be hung.” The meaning is not ambiguous: #Gosar is explicitly saying that killing #Milley would be desirable.
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Already, one of #Trump’s minions in #Congress has echoed the #incitement to #violence. The #Republican #PaulGosar of #Arizona wrote—in his #taxpayer-funded newsletter, no less—that “in a better society, quislings like the strange sodomy-promoting General Milley would be hung.” The meaning is not ambiguous: #Gosar is explicitly saying that killing #Milley would be desirable.
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Already, one of #Trump’s minions in #Congress has echoed the #incitement to #violence. The #Republican #PaulGosar of #Arizona wrote—in his #taxpayer-funded newsletter, no less—that “in a better society, quislings like the strange sodomy-promoting General Milley would be hung.” The meaning is not ambiguous: #Gosar is explicitly saying that killing #Milley would be desirable.
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Already, one of #Trump’s minions in #Congress has echoed the #incitement to #violence. The #Republican #PaulGosar of #Arizona wrote—in his #taxpayer-funded newsletter, no less—that “in a better society, quislings like the strange sodomy-promoting General Milley would be hung.” The meaning is not ambiguous: #Gosar is explicitly saying that killing #Milley would be desirable.
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Already, one of #Trump’s minions in #Congress has echoed the #incitement to #violence. The #Republican #PaulGosar of #Arizona wrote—in his #taxpayer-funded newsletter, no less—that “in a better society, quislings like the strange sodomy-promoting General Milley would be hung.” The meaning is not ambiguous: #Gosar is explicitly saying that killing #Milley would be desirable.
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#Trump Floats the Idea of Executing #JointChiefs Chairman #Milley
Trump is #inciting #violence against the nation’s top general. #America’s response is distracted & numb.
Late Friday night, the former president of the #UnitedStates — & a leading candidate to be the next president—insinuated that America’s top general deserves to be put to death.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/trump-milley-execution-incitement-violence/675435/
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This is getting ridiculous! Or rather reprehensible!
“Geez! This is getting ridiculous! Trump calls for the execution of the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff #MarkMilley and the #WashingtonPost performs a botched poll that is so bad the Post acknowledges it is “an outlier.”
Guess which one leads the news on Sunday?”
#milley #trump #roberthubbell @[email protected]
@[email protected] https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/this-is-getting-ridiculous -
Along the way, #Milley deflected #Trump’s exhortations to have the US #military ignore, & even on occasion commit, #WarCrimes. Milley & other military officers deserve praise for protecting #democracy, but their actions should also cause deep #unease. In the #American system, it is the #voters, the #courts, & #Congress that are meant to #serve as #checks on a #president’s behavior, not the generals. #Civilians provide #direction, #funding, & #oversight; the military then follows #lawful #orders.
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20…have served as the chair…of the #JointChiefs since…created after #WWII. Until #Milley, none…had to confront the possibility that a #president would… #foment or #provoke a #coup …to #illegally remain in office…. before & after the #2020election, Milley did as much as, or more than, any other #American to defend the #constitutional order, to prevent the #military from being deployed against the #American #people, & to forestall the eruption of #wars w/ #nuclear-armed adversaries.
