General Milley apoligizes.

[JimL]

General Milley, Joint Chief of Staff, breaks with Trump and apoligizes, saying he was wrong for accompanying Trump through Lafayette Square for a Photo-op.

http://www.latimes.com/world-nation/...on-church-walk

In his speach to the Nanational Defense University commencment ceremony, Milley said "as a commisioned uniformed officer it was a mistake that I have learned from, and I sincerely hope we can all learn from it."

Will Gen. Milley be the next to go? I don't think so this close to the election, Trump can't afford to expose his athoritarian nature more so than he already has this close to the election. But if he wins, my money would be on Gen Milley being fired shortly thereafter.

[Mountain Man]

This whole thing is a tempest in a teapot.

[Cow Poke]

Sounds like a classic, "ooops, that didn't go like I thought, let me try to save my own bacon".

[seer]

General Milley, Joint Chief of Staff, breaks with Trump and apoligizes, saying he was wrong for accompanying Trump through Lafayette Square for a Photo-op.

http://www.latimes.com/world-nation/...on-church-walk

In his speach to the Nanational Defense University commencment ceremony, Milley said "as a commisioned uniformed officer it was a mistake that I have learned from, and I sincerely hope we can all learn from it."

Will Gen. Milley be the next to go? I don't think so this close to the election, Trump can't afford to expose his athoritarian nature more so than he already has this close to the election. But if he wins, my money would be on Gen Milley being fired shortly thereafter.

Milley and every General who wants to change the names of Forts needs to be fired...

[Ronson]

Milley and every General who wants to change the names of Forts needs to be fired...

They can change the name from St. Petersburg to Fort Leningrad. And then when reason returns to the land, they can change it back to St. Petersburg.

[Cow Poke]

They can change the name from St. Petersburg to Fort Leningrad. And then when reason returns to the land, they can change it back to St. Petersburg.

OK, that made me laugh.

[oxmixmudd]

Milley and every General who wants to change the names of Forts needs to be fired...

Robert E Lee on monuments to the Civil War:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/...rate-monuments



Honoring those that fought for the cause of slavery is - to many of those whose ancestors were once slaves, and many whose ancestors were not - a symbol of the continued support for the oppression of black people in America. It's time we all recognized the mistake of fighting to preserve that institution or even the right to preserve that institution.

[DivineOb]

They can change the name from St. Petersburg to Fort Leningrad. And then when reason returns to the land, they can change it back to St. Petersburg.

Leningrad actually withstood a 900 day siege and never fell during WW2. You could do worse as a fort name-wise.

[Whateverman]

Remember when conservatives cared about what military leaders said?

[Cow Poke]

Remember when conservatives cared about what military leaders said?

Remember when military leaders worked hard not to inject themselves into politics?

[Whateverman]

Remember when military leaders worked hard not to inject themselves into politics?

I do!

Why are they suddenly injecting themselves? Overnight, did they turn into commie liberal socialists?

[seer]

Honoring those that fought for the cause of slavery is - to many of those whose ancestors were once slaves, and many whose ancestors were not - a symbol of the continued support for the oppression of black people in America. It's time we all recognized the mistake of fighting to preserve that institution or even the right to preserve that institution.

They have been talking about going after the statues of Washington, Jefferson, and Madison. They are destroying statues of Columbus - where will it end Jim?

[seer]

Remember when conservatives cared about what military leaders said?

I'm ex military, back in the day no military leader would have publicly contradicted the president like that. It wasn't acceptable. If they did they were usually demoted or fired on the spot.

[Whateverman]

I'm ex military, back in the day no military leader would have publicly contradicted the president like that. It wasn't acceptable. If they did they were usually demoted or fired on the spot.

There are plenty of examples of military leaders criticizing a sitting president. It's always done carefully, and as a last resort.

[JimL]

I'm ex military, back in the day no military leader would have publicly contradicted the president like that. It wasn't acceptable. If they did they were usually demoted or fired on the spot.

Back in the day we didn't have wannabe dictators in the oval office. Milley was being compliant, loyal to the president, and probably would have remained so if others in the military didn't call him out on it.