Posted on 09/15/2021 9:41:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The embattled Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, confirmed that he held secretive talks with China amid major political events in the United States. According to the forthcoming book “Peril” by Bob Woodward and Bob Costa, the general made two calls to Chinese general Li Zuocheng. The first of the unauthorized phone calls, made four days prior to the 2020 election, indicated that Milley would give advance warning to China in the event of a military attack, including a nuclear attack.
“One call took place on Oct. 30, 2020, four days before the election that unseated President Donald Trump, and the other on Jan. 8, 2021, two days after the Capitol siege carried out by his supporters in a quest to cancel the vote,” the Washington Post reported.
“General Li, I want to assure you that the American government is stable and everything is going to be okay,” Milley told General Li. “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,” Milley added.
This directly subverts the Chain-of-Command and is tantamount to high treason. The second call was made two days after the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.
“In the second call, placed to address Chinese fears about the events of Jan. 6, Li wasn’t as easily assuaged, even after Milley promised him, ‘We are 100 percent steady. Everything’s fine. But democracy can be sloppy sometimes’.”
“Li remained rattled, and Milley, who did not relay the conversation to Trump, according to the book, understood why,” the Post added. “The chairman, 62 at the time and chosen by Trump in 2018, believed the president had suffered a mental decline after the election, the authors write, a view he communicated to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a phone call on Jan. 8. He agreed with her evaluation that Trump was unstable, according to a call transcript obtained by the authors.”
“The first call was prompted by Milley’s review of intelligence suggesting the Chinese believed the United States was preparing to attack. That belief, the authors write, was based on tensions over military exercises in the South China Sea, and deepened by Trump’s belligerent rhetoric toward China,” the Post added.
The New York Times in a January 8 report provided more detail on how the Speaker of the House and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, who was nominated by Donald Trump in 2018, conspired to subvert the U.S. Constitution and the chain-of-command.
“Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California on Friday took the unprecedented step of asking the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about ‘available precautions” to prevent President Trump from initiating military action abroad or using his sole authority to launch nuclear weapons in the last days of his term.”
“In a phone call to the chairman, Gen. Mark A. Milley, Ms. Pelosi appeared to be seeking to have the Pentagon leadership essentially remove Mr. Trump from his authorities as the commander in chief,” the Times reported. “That could be accomplished by ignoring the president’s orders or slowing them by questioning whether they were issued legally.”
On Wednesday, General Milley responded to the accusations by essentially confirming that he indeed made the secretive phone calls.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs regularly communicates with Chiefs of Defense across the world, including with China and Russia. 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. All calls from the Chairman to his counterparts, including those reported, are staffed, coordinated and communicated with the Department of Defense and the interagency.
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.”
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday that Biden has “complete confidence” in Milley. As Becker News reported exclusively on September 1, Milley indicated that he had the full backing of the president.
“The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, has responded internally to escalating demands for his resignation or firing in the wake of the Afghanistan military disaster,” Pentagon sources told Becker News.
“General Milley has responded to these demands, which include a letter issued by nearly 90 retired generals and admirals, by saying that ‘he will not be fired nor will he quit,’ indicating that he has the full backing of the White House.”
However, as Becker News reported on Tuesday, at least two generals amid the top brass are seeking ways to push General Milley out over the accused ‘treasonous’ behavior.
The scoop backs up a report from Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec that “several Pentagon officers present in Milley’s secret meeting are willing to testify against him under oath,” per a White House official.
BREAKING: Several Pentagon officers present in Milley’s secret meeting are willing to testify against him under oath, per WH official
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) September 14, 2021
That push to remove General Milley is going to have to turn ugly in a very public way in order to push the reluctant Biden administration to remove the disgraced general.
The only reason I can think of that he would call the Chi-coms four days before the election, is that he knew the election was going to be stolen.
The treasonous jerk is PROUD of that phone call.
Biden has to either fire Milley or put him on some form of administrative leave. Otherwise he is tacitly condoning the behavior.
The guy lacks good judgement, making mistake after mistake.
Imagine how many things had to wrong, how many systems had to fail for such a treasonous sack of garbage like this to rise to a position of power.
In the real America he would be swinging in two weeks...
Funny how I get called a never Trumper for pointing out any of Trumps faults. Yet here we have case where Trump released a statement that this story is false, but no one believes him. I guess that makes just about the entire forum of bunch of never Trumper’s.
Personally I am at least waiting to see some evidence offered as to what was discussed. I don’t Trust the WP and its reporters. Nor a bunch of internet rumors. The story could be true, and Trump could be wrong. But I want to see evidence.
when these verbal misfits actually arrest someone for treason or stealing elections please wake me up.
Yeah it’s news but no one has the balls to do jack spit about it.
RE: Funny how I get called a never Trumper for pointing out any of Trumps faults.
Trump’s big mistake was Appointing Milley to be the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff.
Trump sometimes has a poor eye for the people he hires to work for him. Many of them are backstabbers and deep state types.
perhaps he should be taught how China extracts confessions...
Treason, high treason. Punishable by firing squad.
Well, I despise Woodard as much as the next guy, and Costa has been drifting to the dark side for years, but they do say they have a transcript. So there’s that
This is the crux of the matter. There is no other supposition other than a pending coup that would justify such a nefarious action. This could have the U.S. wide open to attack. There is no justification or explanation for such perfidy. He need to be arrested immediately, stripped of all power, and held under close arrest. He needs to be tried for high treason. Villainy at its worst. Not since the assassination oh Julius Caesar has there been such a betrayal.
Sic Semper Tyrannis!
I agree. What other reason would he have had to notify China prior to the election? Did he call any other countries at the same time, and give them a heads-up too? It's totally bizarre. There is no other conclusion to come to, other than he knew there was a coup coming.
One has the feeling that if Milley has acknowledged private unauthorized conversations, there may well be more where this came from.
And lastly, is anyone going to get frog marched because of this?
Who in Biden’s Administration is not working for the Chinese?
I read today that Mike Esper gave the okay for Milley to call China four days before the election, and then again after January 6th. According to an article I read, "Chinese officials reportedly began to suspect the United States was planning a surprise attack on their country in October 2020." Now where in the hell did China get that idea from, and how did Milley find out what China "suspected"? Sounds like pure BS to me.
If I were Biden....every single morning, I’d get up and ask if I still have nuke authority or if Milley has taken my authority away.
As for the NMCC folks? Their security clearances would have to be revoked, and every single person dismissed from the service.
He endorsed Milley yesterday.
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