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2021-09-18 Home Front: Politix

[American Mind] Revelations from a new book, Peril, by Bob Woodward and Rob Costa, reveal just how deep the spiritual rot in the military goes. In the days after the January 6 protest, General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, promised, in the event of a war, to give aid and comfort to China. According to the Washington Post, after the Capitol protest, Milley sent secret communiques to the head of the People’s Liberation Army, promising that "If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise."

In a decent country such a brazen act of collusion with a foreign power by one of the most prominent leaders of the armed forces would be met with immediate and unrelenting backlash. Instead, this betrayer of the Constitution and the principle of civilian leadership of the military is a liberal darling. At the inauguration, Joe Biden thanked Milley for undermining President Trump in the final weeks of his presidency.

Milley, before reaching out to China, sat down with the service’s top officers and demanded from them what amounted to an oath—none of them would launch a nuclear weapon without his approval. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff went behind the President’s back to secure control over the nation’s most important weapons.

Our generals are losers abroad, and grifters at home. They parrot MSNBC talking points on Twitter and grovel before Fauci. This is bad enough. But Milley’s actions show that America’s top military officers have reached another level of delusion. They fancy themselves a new praetorian guard to protect the nation—as construed by elite editorial boards—from the people’s elected representatives.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-09-18 04:01|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Milley, before reaching out to China, sat down with the service’s top officers and demanded from them what amounted to an oath—none of them would launch a nuclear weapon without his approval

The only oath you had -

I ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

Sort of forgot that 'thingy' so long ago. Looks like you instead tried the play the one we were told never to do.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-09-18 07:44|| 2021-09-18 07:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Now we are seeing the product of those mass purges of colonels and generals that went on under the empty suit Obama

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2021-09-18 10:31|| 2021-09-18 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 That is absolutely true. I watched that happen throughout Zero's career.

Posted by Ebberens Sinatra9721 2021-09-18 11:15|| 2021-09-18 11:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Democrats have established a Chinese (CCP) style communist government. A One Party System. Elections are circumvented so that The Party always remains in control. Until the Party is overthrown, it will continue to gain control of all institutions. The US Military has now under The Party. The FBI, DHS, etc. has already been taken over by The Party.

Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-09-18 14:51|| 2021-09-18 14:51|| Front Page Top

#5 The President always says he will get in trouble if he does this or that and who he reports to is a Central Committee.

Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-09-18 14:55|| 2021-09-18 14:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Political konissars are in charge of the military now.
How very Bolshevik (or Nazi)

Posted by Brutus 2021-09-18 22:24|| 2021-09-18 22:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Dominion voting machines are not our friend. Of this I can be sure.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-09-18 22:26|| 2021-09-18 22:26|| Front Page Top

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