Milley defends democracy, swipes at Trump in farewell address

Army Gen. Mark Milley delivered a full-throated defense of democracy and not-so-subtle swipes at former President Donald Trump during a packed ceremony as he closed out his four, often tumultuous years as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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[goldiz]

We don't swear an oath to an oligarchy either.

[MrDong]

An absolute disgrace and embarrassment for the military.

[RGAMBLER]

🇨🇳 did Gen. Milley call China, to let them know he was retiring?

[arcanondrum]

I sincerely hope that the next in line (and all after that) for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff takes their Oath to the *Constitution* (not to an authoritarian) just as seriously.

[Soothsayer-rsnb]

My dad was in the military for 16 years...he said this "General" is a political hack, typical of most Generals.

[zvorenergy]

I'm not the only one who's had ENOUGH of these forever wars and the country-bankrupting military industrial complex.

[frankmontez]

Milley, whose four-year tenure as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ends with his retirement this month, will exit center stage as one of the most consequential and polarizing military chiefs in recent memory, leading America’s armed forces through a fraught period that included the precarious final months of Donald Trump’s presidency, a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, and Washington’s high-stakes standoff with Moscow. - Washington Post

[sdd]

Get rid of all the current politicians and start fresh.

[kevinlykins]

We're better off without this guy, he has violated his oath of office. 😮

[unrealeck]

They always prop up democracy in speech but their actions are always destructive of democracy and of what I always thought America was all about.

[whitequeen]

". . . enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC!" He really emphasized that and we all know why.

[BoogieFinger]

We are a Republic. Great job withdrawing from Afghanistan and arming the taliban

[ivanadams]

After he admitted to a phone call to China Millie should be in prison for treason

[morpheus]

“Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person or a group covertly sows seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or group, making them question their own memory, perception, or judgment. Using denial, misdirection, contradiction, and misinformation, gaslighting involves attempts to destabilize the victim and delegitimize the victim's beliefs. The goal of gaslighting is to gradually undermine the victim’s confidence in their own ability to distinguish truth from falsehood, right from wrong, or reality from delusion, thereby rendering the individual or group pathologically dependent on the gaslighter for their thinking and feelings.”

[IAMJEFFREY-cwns]

You take an oath to Raytheon, Boeing & Lockheed Martin just to name a few😂

[rgsliwa]

He was a laughing fool and he really brought down the fighting spirit of our country.

[johnfisher]

After the Afghanistan withdraw this clown should have been arrested or court mashalled for incompetence

[vincentpapa]

Only in Washington can you F up so bad (Afghanistan retreat) and get this much fanfare

[ronnyvonallmen]

Wouldn’t follow this guy across the Street, let alone into Battle….

[williambennett]

A sad day for the Chinese people; they lost both Milley and Feinstein today