Thank you, General Milley

[Bob78164]

Here is a remarkable memo from General Mark Milley to our armed forces, dated June 2, 2020. General Milley is the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I read this as a remarkable rebuke of Donny's actions to use federal forces to clear peaceful demonstrators from Lafayette Square Park. --Bob

[a1mamacat]

wasn't he the dude in Camo, surveying the carnage?

[jarnon]

General Milley is Princeton ‘80.

The press has been tough on Secretary of Defense Esper. Rachel Maddow said he completely caved. I prefer to believe he’s tolerating a handful of troops on Federal property in the capital while Trump dropped his ridiculous threat to send the military to quell disorder against the wishes of state and local authorities.

[silverscreenselect]

If Bob is happy about Milley and Mattis (that sounds like the name of a firm of divorce lawyers), he must be ecstatic about George Will, whose latest editorial advocates electoral defeat for all of Trump's Republican Congressional enablers. Will isn't a Johnny-come-lately to the anti-Trump campaign; he quit the Republican Party in 2016. The original Will column is behind the Washington Post firewall, but here's an excerpt that appeared in CNN:

In life's unforgiving arithmetic, we are the sum of our choices. Congressional Republicans have made theirs for more than 1,200 days. We cannot know all the measures necessary to restore the nation's domestic health and international standing, but we know the first step: Senate Republicans must be routed, as condign punishment for their Vichyite collaboration, leaving the Republican remnant to wonder: Was it sensible to sacrifice dignity, such as it ever was, and to shed principles, if convictions so easily jettisoned could be dignified as principles, for ... what? Praying people should pray, and all others should hope: May I never crave anything as much as these people crave membership in the world's most risible deliberative body.

Similarly, the best anti-Trump commercials airing come from the Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans, who have also begun going after Republican senators like Mitch McConnell and Martha McSalley.

[Bob Juch]

If Bob is happy about Milley and Mattis (that sounds like the name of a firm of divorce lawyers), he must be ecstatic about George Will, whose latest editorial advocates electoral defeat for all of Trump's Republican Congressional enablers. Will isn't a Johnny-come-lately to the anti-Trump campaign; he quit the Republican Party in 2016. The original Will column is behind the Washington Post firewall, but here's an excerpt that appeared in CNN:

In life's unforgiving arithmetic, we are the sum of our choices. Congressional Republicans have made theirs for more than 1,200 days. We cannot know all the measures necessary to restore the nation's domestic health and international standing, but we know the first step: Senate Republicans must be routed, as condign punishment for their Vichyite collaboration, leaving the Republican remnant to wonder: Was it sensible to sacrifice dignity, such as it ever was, and to shed principles, if convictions so easily jettisoned could be dignified as principles, for ... what? Praying people should pray, and all others should hope: May I never crave anything as much as these people crave membership in the world's most risible deliberative body.

Similarly, the best anti-Trump commercials airing come from the Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans, who have also begun going after Republican senators like Mitch McConnell and Martha McSalley.

Martha McSally trails Mark Kelly by 13 points. Her current campaign ad is "blame China for everything."

[jarnon]

Bob may be conflating Milley with Admiral Michael Mullen, who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs from 2007 to 2011. Mullen also criticised Trump.

[Bob78164]

Bob may be conflating Milley with Admiral Michael Mullen, who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs from 2007 to 2011. Mullen also criticised Trump.

Correct. I'll fix. Thanks. --Bob