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I get yet somehow despite the overwhelming evidence that mark milley is dishonest, incompetent, partisan, dishonorable, mark milley still has a highly prominent job,or j that s the amazing thing. and not only is mark milley still employed at the very highest level, he is still lying and doing so with his characteristic relish and enthusiasm. today, for example, with an entirely straight face, mark milley delivered an impassioned lecture about the importance of civilian control of the military. this country doesn t want boolgenerals figuring out what orders we are going to accept or do or not, that s not our job. oh, really? is that so, mark milley? isn t this the same mark milley who once illegally seizedam personal control of our country s nuclear arsenal? and then when that wasn t sufficient, promised to tip off the governor of china about future military operations and did all of this who didn t like his boss who unlike him was, yes, civilian elected by voters. ....
That s not an insult, it s objectively true. i get yet somehow despite the overwhelming evidence that mark milley is dishonest, incompetent, partisan, dishonorable, mark milley still has a highly prominent job, that s the amazing thing. and not only is mark milley still employed at the very highest level, he is still lying and doing so with his characteristic relish and enthusiasm. today, for example, with an entirely straight face, mark milley delivered an impassioned lecture about the importance of civilian control of the military. this country doesn t want generals figuring out what orders we are going to accept or do or not, that s not our job. oh, really? is that so, mark milley? isn t this the same mark milley who once illegally seized personal control of our country s nuclear arsenal? and then when that wasn t sufficient, promised to tip off the governor of china about future military operations and did all of this who didn t like ....
Commissioned officer to just resign because my advice is not taken. this country doesn t want generals figuring out what orders we are going to accept and do or not. that s not our job. my dad didn t get a choice to resign at iwo jima and those kids at abby gate, they don t get a chance to resign and i m not going to turn my back on them. they can t resign so i m not going to resign. i thought it was a remarkable answer, and i thought it was also remarkable that the question even comes up, but these are the times we live in when we have truth challenged every day, basic math challenged every day and questions about our democracy sadly almost every day. what did you make of that? i think general milley really presented, again, a very honest answer as to the role of the military in these situations. the military provides advice to the president of the united states, but we elect a president of the united states to make the final decision which the ....
Taken. this country doesn t want generals figuring out what orders we are going to accept and do or not. that s not our job. the principal role in the military is critical. in addition, from a personal standpoint, my dad get a choice to resign at iwo jima. kids at abbey gate don t get a choice to resign. i m not going to turn my back on them. they can t resign so i m not going to resign. if the orders were illegal, that s different. but if they re legal from a civilian authority, i intend to carry them out. senator. do i understand you correctly, general mckenzie and general milley, that your personal recommendation was that the troops remain in afghanistan, a certain number of them, beyond the august 31st deadline? no, senator. our recommendation, this is the ....
Generals. it would be an incredible act of political defiance for a commissioned officer to just resign because my advice isn t taken. this country doesn t want generals figuring out what orders we re going to accept and do or not. that s not our job. it s critical. my dad didn t get a choice to resign at iwo jima. they can t resign, so i m not going to resign. there s no way. if the orders are legal, we re in a different place. if the orders are legal from civilian authority, i intend to carry them out. senator hirono, please. thank you, mr. chairman. do i understand you correctly that your personal recommendation was that the troops remain in afghanistan, a ....