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Immediately after this repeated claim, former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe directly refuted Milley on Fox News with Martha MacCallum. The intelligence products used by the Pentagon come from the DNI office, and John Ratcliffe noted there was no intelligence that China held any such concerns. As a result, any justification claim that Milley makes about his motives for the call surrounding “deescalation” are nonsense.
The Chinese did not escalate an issue because the issue did not exist. The Chinese were not worried the U.S. was going to attack. General Milley’s claims are based on a false premise. The question is, did another intelligence agency purposefully lie to Milley, or is Milley making it all up?
If you and I were sitting on a park bench doing nothing, there would be no concerns. However, if you sat down and I said, “I’m not going to hit you“, suddenly you would become concerned. That is the essential outlook for what appears to have taken place.
The intelligence apparatus of the United States created a completely false assertion, false intelligence; and then Milley acted unilaterally based on that false assertion. Keeping in mind that DNI Ratcliffe is very adamant there never was any such intelligence. More
Milley also said, under oath, that he informed Pompeo and Radcliffe that he was in talks with our enemy. Both Pompeo and Radcliffe have denied being informed. I’m sure Milley will be charged with lying to Congress any time now
@Brad — Yeah, and they’ll hold a double-secret hearing (hot appetizers, open bar), up his hazardous duty pay, and put him on double-secret probation.
It’s sooo reassuring to see this Administration run by amateurs.
Remember Admiral Boorda? In 1996,he committed suicide, because he believed he dishonored himseld and his fellowsailors for having mistakenly worn two “v” for valor emblems on his service medal. Now, 25 years later, this piece of shit Milley, botches the withdrawl from Afghanistan, gets our service men killed, kills an innocent family, aids and abets a potential enemy, commits treason, lies to congress, and we can’t even get him to resign his fat ass from his position. How far we have fallen.
Tony R nailed it… Especially the “Fat-Assed POS” part. Milley needs to be dealt with! The straight poop indicates that’s happening, one notes the guys in dress blues escorting him.