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b_b  ·  1392 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tom Cotton’s Fascist Op-Ed

Some really scathing opinions about Milley especially are being floated, because at least we know Esper is a lackey. This one from a piece in the New Yorker by former General and NATO ambassador Doug Lute was pretty strong:

    Lute was particularly concerned when General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dressed in battle fatigues, walked with Trump from the White House to St. John’s. In six years at the White House, Lute said, he had never seen any senior officer wear a combat uniform to the White House. “That was extraordinary,” he said. Even when senior military officials assembled in the White House Situation Room to watch the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, in 2011, they did not wear combat gear. “Intentionally or unintentionally, Milley signalled support for the President’s statement that we needed to crack down on street protests that were largely peaceful and law-abiding, and that Milley would be in charge,” Lute said. The message of intimidation was magnified by military helicopters flying low over the heads of protesters and military vehicles rumbling across Washington. “That’s not who we are,” Lute added.




nowaypablo  ·  1388 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Just for the record, Milley has been notorious for at least a decade for giving barely half of a whole fuck about his uniform.

I’d offer the counter-perspective of GEN Milley signaling a militant stance. He actually gives such a small fraction of a fuck about showing up to the President’s eyes-wide-shut party that he couldn’t be bothered to dress up. Considering he’s pretty much said it in official memo format, this is far more likely to me.

necroptosis  ·  1388 days ago  ·  link  ·  

He's a 4-star general with a long tab, he understands the power of the uniform.

Welcome back man, hope all is well

nowaypablo  ·  1388 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You’d think so. Which is what makes it even more baffling. How would you explain that photo from the news? :D

Good to hear from you boss, same to you.

necroptosis  ·  1387 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sometimes General John Goodman just gotta flex