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General Milley told Trump the George Floyd protests were no big deal
NY Post ^ | September 17, 2021 8:45 | Lee Brown

Posted on 09/17/2021 7:08:15 AM PDT by conservative98

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley dismissed the George Floyd riots as “penny packet protests” — insisting they weren’t an insurrection because the mobs only “used spray paint,” according to a new book.

The under-fire general — accused of going behind President Donald Trump’s back to contact his Chinese counterpart — wildly downplayed the riots when Trump raised fears they were “burning America down,” according to Fox News excerpts from the new book, “Peril.”

“Mr. President, they are not burning it down,” he told the alarmed commander-in-chief, according to authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.

“They used spray paint, Mr. President, that’s not an insurrection,” he told Trump.

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KEYWORDS: blmriots; genmilley; milley; spraypaint
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1 posted on 09/17/2021 7:08:15 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Millie should have stayed in his lane. The BLM riots were domestic terrorism — a issue for law enforcement, no the Joint Chiefs.

And speaking of joints....does Millie smoke pot? He sure comes across like a pothead.


2 posted on 09/17/2021 7:14:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: conservative98

This guy is a complete screw up. And he’s running the armed forces?


3 posted on 09/17/2021 7:16:02 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: conservative98

It was a communist revolution that he wanted to succeed.


4 posted on 09/17/2021 7:17:18 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: BenLurkin

Apparently, Milley thinks he can be dictator. Reminds me of when, during the Civil War, Gen. Hooker said the US needed a dictator. Lincoln responded with “he’d be the only dictator who hasn’t won a battle. If he can win a battle, I’ll tolerate the possibility of him becoming a dictator”. Apparently, the only “battle” Milley has been in is at the buffet line and it would appear he lost it years ago.


5 posted on 09/17/2021 7:18:32 AM PDT by laconic
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To: conservative98

The Democrats from the “greatest generation” era and shortly after are really strange animals. I’ve observed that they are loyal democrats to the death, even if Satan himself is the head of the Party.

The inexorable move to the radical left of the Dem party over the past 4 decade doesn’t faze them. They really are blinded to it all.


6 posted on 09/17/2021 7:19:14 AM PDT by fwdude (If you don’t think you are in a battle w/ the culture for your children then you are already losing.)
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To: laconic

Despite Lincoln’s fundamental flaws, he sure did have a way with words. Brilliant.


7 posted on 09/17/2021 7:22:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Fido969

Not actually. His job is allegedly to advise the (p)resident on military matters. He’s not actually supposed to ‘command’ any troops. But we all know how this works. Question I have is, was this POS a bad ass once upon a time? I mean he’s got Airborne/Ranger/Specops patches and stuff. Army FR types? Comments?(I think I know) In any case, still a POS now. UCMJ article 133 at the minimum, but nothing’s gonna happen negatively for him.


8 posted on 09/17/2021 7:22:40 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: All

I suspect most CRT/ BLM stuff is backed by Chinese money. It would explain why big businesses went full in support of it and why a Chinese puppet general told the president it wasn’t a big deal. All BLM should be rounded up for being foreign agents


9 posted on 09/17/2021 7:27:08 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: conservative98

Thoroughly Modern Milley is down with the struggle. He’d be satisfied if the Army was reduced to thousands of fist-clenching blacks, and screaming harpies.


10 posted on 09/17/2021 7:27:18 AM PDT by euram
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To: fwdude

That’s because they’re stupid.

Union members in Flint still voting for a party that is flooding their country with their replacements are the definition of dumb.


11 posted on 09/17/2021 7:36:15 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: rktman

I saw pics of Milley from his HS days when he was palling around with the HS team’s quarterback, who also ended up in the government. Milley was a “pretty boy” who I think may have gotten ahead on his looks alone.


12 posted on 09/17/2021 7:36:38 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: conservative98

Were the Jan 6 protests the ones which burned out stores and looted stores?


13 posted on 09/17/2021 7:40:28 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: conservative98
This is a Chinese wet dream.

"If Mark Milley were a paid Chinese agent, he could not do more to harm this country than he's doing now."

14 posted on 09/17/2021 7:42:53 AM PDT by montag813
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

No, the 1/6 occurence was more like flying 757s into skyscrapers in September. So say the powers that be. WTAF?


15 posted on 09/17/2021 7:45:49 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: rktman
Not actually. His job is allegedly to advise the (p)resident on military matters. He’s not actually supposed to ‘command’ any troops. But we all know how this works. Question I have is, was this POS a bad ass once upon a time? I mean he’s got Airborne/Ranger/Specops patches and stuff. Army FR types? Comments?(I think I know) In any case, still a POS now. UCMJ article 133 at the minimum, but nothing’s gonna happen negatively for him.

Milley is part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff are only a panel of high-ranking U.S. military officers who advise the president of the United States and other civilian leaders on military issues. As an advisory body, the Joint Chiefs of Staff DO NOT LEAD COMBAT FORCES AND HAVE NO EXECUTIVE OR COMMAND AUTHORITY OVER TROOPS IN THEIR SERVICES. In other words, military pundits. or military lobbyists.

https://www.jcs.mil/About/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Joint-Chiefs-of-Staff

16 posted on 09/17/2021 7:48:22 AM PDT by true believer forever (Fight the Attacks against Trump: PLANT YOUR FEET, LEAN INTO IT, BEAT IT BACK. )
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To: conservative98

Commissar Doosh Dhag looks to me like a serious drinker.

I suggest he lay off the Cutty Sark and consider the depth of this White Stupidity.

Danged idjit. Shee-it.


17 posted on 09/17/2021 7:52:29 AM PDT by Quentin Quarantino (,)
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To: conservative98
Traitor

FMM

18 posted on 09/17/2021 7:52:57 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Why allow a government of thieves, liars, traitors and perverts?)
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To: 4Runner

Wait a minute. About Milley’s HS football team. IIRC, Rachel Levine, Trans medical advisor, was also on that team.

Destined for glory.


19 posted on 09/17/2021 7:54:55 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (FJB)
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To: true believer forever

Kinda what I said?


20 posted on 09/17/2021 7:59:57 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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