Posted on 09/15/2021 9:32:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
Milley made secret calls to top military official in Beijing, and held surreptitious Pentagon meeting asserting his own authority, according to new book.
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The military community erupted Tuesday in response to reports that Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held secret phone calls and meetings in a surreptitious effort to sidestep the authority of his then-commander-in-chief, President Donald Trump.
"If this is true GEN Milley must resign," tweeted Alexander Vindman, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who in 2019 was a key witness against Trump in impeachment hearings.
Milley's actions include making secret calls to the chief military officer in Beijing, and summoning top American military officers to a clandestine gathering to demand that they only obey command orders that came through Milley, according to the authors of a forthcoming book.
The actions are reportedly described in a forthcoming book, "Peril," by Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. Milley took the unprecedented actions because he was afraid Trump might launch a nuclear strike, the authors wrote.
Vindman expressed outrage that Milley directly and independently contacted the foreign military official.
"He usurped civilian authority, broke Chain of Command, and violated the sacrosanct principle of civilian control over the military," Vindman wrote. "It's an extremely dangerous precedent. You can't simply walk away from that."
If the account in the book is accurate, Milley should be brought up on charges, according to one Pentagon official who spoke to Just the News.
"He isn't a military dictator, and this isn't his decision to make, to unilaterally contact a foreign government," said the official, who is not authorized to speak to the press. "I would expect him to be brought up on charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
In addition to personally calling the communist Chinese official, Milley on Jan. 8 elicited oaths from senior officers inside the National Military Command Center inside the Pentagon, according to the book's authors. The four-star general aimed to solidify his authority over military decisions that belong to the commander in chief.
"No matter what you are told, you do the procedure," Milley said, according to the authors. "You do the process. And I'm part of that procedure." He looked each officer in the eye, and asked them to verbally agree.
The meeting took place around the time Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told Democrats that she had been assured that safeguards were in place to prevent Trump from launching a nuclear weapon.
Trump was not on record as having said he planned to order a nuclear strike.
Milley could not immediately be reached for comment.
That idiot Biden also needs to go.
Satire?
NEW statement from Milley spokesman Col. Dave Butler:
“The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs regularly communicates with Chiefs of Defense across the world, including with China and Russia...”
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2/? “...These conversations remain vital to improving mutual understanding of U.S. national security interests, reducing tensions, providing clarity and avoiding unintended consequences or conflict...”
Josh Rogin
@joshrogin
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3/? “...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...
Josh Rogin
@joshrogin
Milley, Pelosi and others need to be tried for treason.
This makes sense in light of the Bagrham bug out
That order was utterly incomprehensible. Makes sense only if Miley is being blackmailed by the Chinese.
“He usurped civilian authority, broke Chain of Command, and violated the sacrosanct principle of civilian control over the military,” Vindman wrote. “It’s an extremely dangerous precedent. You can’t simply walk away from that.”
THIS from Vindman? Really??
If this is true, Milley must be tried for Treason.
Note Biden’s inaction in the face of this stunning revelation. At a minimum Milley must be removed from his post pending a full investigation.
To do nothing gives Biden the appearance of being an accessory after the fact to treason.
The good general needs to be shot. There is no defense for what he did.
When you’ve lost Vindman who is left to defend you?
Didn't he make full bird before retiring?
I can see this playing out along these lines —
“I heard that our top general secretly circumvented the president!”
“No way! That’s awful! He can’t do that, it’s treason! He should be punished! I can’t believe he circumvented President Biden like that!”
“No, not Biden. Trump.”
“Oh. That’s OK. Trump is worse than Hitler.”
That Idiot Biden is who both parties cheated Trump out to get.
Vindman is seeking another 15 minutes.
milley will be offered a job in an instant as CNN military analyst.
Yeah, from the guy who broke chain of command, usurped civilian authority and violated the sacrosanct principle of civilian authority over the military.
And he walked away from it.....
While we’re at it, let’s court martial all the toadies who said “yes sir” to Milley. They are co-conspirators in a military coup. Instead of agreeing, they should have placed Milley under arrest on the spot. The fact that no one did speaks volumes about who’s running things.
Pelosi was surely in on the decision for Milley to contact the CCP.......Don’t think Milley would make a political move without Pelosi’s opinion.......
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