Excerpts from the new Bob Woodward book reveal a partisan coup at the heart of the U.S. government.
Through secret backchannels unbeknownst to then-President Donald Trump, General Mark Milley informed leaders from the Chinese Communist Party and Democratic Party that he would not carry out “any kind” of military action ordered by Trump.
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The revelations represent a stunning admission of an effective coup d’etat at the top of the U.S. government, with U.S. officials colluding with the Chinese Communist Party in order to limit Donald Trump’s powers.
Backchannels.
General Milley – who controversially defended teaching Marxist “critical race theory” in the military – telephoned his Chinese Communist Party counterpart, General Li Zuocheng, twice in the final months of the Trump administration.
Milley’s calls – according to Bob Woodward’s and Robert Costa’s new book entitled Peril – were aimed at restricting the President of the United States’ abilities to wage kinetic war against China. Stunningly, Milley even secretly pledged to inform Beijing ahead of any potential U.S. military action.
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On the first call on October 30th, 2020, just four days before the U.S. election, Milley assured his Chinese Communist Party friends that the U.S. would not attack China:
“General Li, I want to assure you that the American government is stable and everything is going to be okay. We are not going to attack or conduct any kinetic operations against you.”
– Gen. Milley
“General Li, you and I have known each other for now five years. If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise,” he added. “Li took the chairman at his word,” The Washington Post notes.
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The second call between the two generals, of which Milley did not inform Trump, took place on January 8th, 2021.
“Things may look unsteady,” Milley posited to Li, adding “but that’s the nature of democracy, General Li. We are 100 percent steady. Everything’s fine. But democracy can be sloppy sometimes.” In response, Li suggested that the Chinese Communist Party felt that the United States government was unstable during the hour and a half phone call.
Milley believed that Trump would attempt to create a crisis in an effort to seize power, “similar to Hitler’s exploitation in 1933 of an arson fire at the German Reichstag to help institute emergency powers,” according to The Washington Post.
In reality, it was the anti-Trump establishment that turned a small fracas at the Capitol on January 6th into a full-blown “insurrection” – a framing which an increasing number of Americans now reject.
To address these unfounded fears, Milley spoke to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, informing her that he would prohibit Trump from using “any kind” of military force.”
Partisan Military Leadership.
As The New York Times recounts:
Later that day, General Milley spoke to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was growing increasing concerned Mr. Trump would lash out and use military force.
“This is bad, but who knows what he might do?” Ms. Pelosi said. “He’s crazy. You know he’s crazy. He’s been crazy for a long time. So don’t say you don’t know what his state of mind is.”
“Madam Speaker,” General Milley said, “I agree with you on everything.”
General Milley, who as the president’s top military adviser is not in the chain of command, tried to reassure Ms. Pelosi that he could stop Mr. Trump.
“The one thing I can guarantee is that as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, I want you to know that — I want you to know this in you heart of hearts, I can guarantee you 110 percent that the military, use of military power, whether it’s nuclear or a strike in a foreign country of any kind, we’re not going to do anything illegal or crazy,” he said.
“Well,” Ms. Pelosi said, “what do you mean, illegal or crazy?”
“I can give you my word,” General Milley said. “The best I can do is give you my word and I’m going to prevent anything like that in the United States military.”
Afghan Failures.
The report from Peril also reveals Milley’s partisan deference to Joe Biden over the Afghanistan withdrawal, a series of decision that led directly to the deaths of American servicemen, Afghan civilians, and the continued abandonment of hundreds of Americans in the country.
“You’re dealing with a seasoned politician here who has been in Washington, D.C., 50 years, whatever it is,” Milley told the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
That seasoned politician later went on to call the Afghan withdrawal an “extraordinary success,” before openly showing his disdain for dead Americans arriving at Dover.
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A very interesting read. I read something very similar to this dire prediction shortly after Trump put the embargo in place
I am interested how you differ with Calhoun’s predictions on China’s motives and intents with regards to Taiwan?
I strongly recommend that everyone listen to this Wealthion video on YouTube,https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgecalhoun/?sh=26e72b1c3483. It is an interview with a man, George Calhoun, with 25 years work experience as both an engineer developing advanced wireless technology and as a financier, and now a professor at the Stevens Institute of technology.Calhoun maintains that China’s relative ignorance of semiconductor technology may motivate it to invade Taiwan and risk war with the United States.
According to Calhoun, American and Taiwan’s companies have succeded in hiding from China the plans for the most advanced semiconductors that are now being produced. China’s usual intellectual property theft program has failed in respect to semiconductors, according to this expert. It must rely on Taiwan . the United States and Japan for semiconductors. But since there is now a world semiconductor shortage, these countries may limit or end their sale of advanced semiconductors to China. Stevens claims that China’s domestically produced semiconductors are inferior to those of the United States and its two Asian allies, and cannot compete with them in international markets. If forced to rely on it own inferior semiconductors, all of Chinese manufactures that need semiconductors will fall behind
Calhoun says that American and Taiwanese firms have succeeded in hiding from China the techniques for producing the most advanced semiconductors, which are now being used in cars, computers, and nearly all manufactured products, as well as AI and advanced military technology. This could cause China’s exports to decline precipitously, if it cannot manufacture products using semiconductors that are just as good as those manufactured elsewhere. That in turn would cause many business failures in China’s manufacturing sector and massive unemployment.
Calhoun thinks that if China were to invade and conquer Taiwan, it would “capture” the Taiwanese brilliant engineers who have developed the most advanced semiconductor technology, the plants where the Taiwanese manufacture most of the world’s semiconductors, and all sorts of documents revealing semiconductor secrets. While there would be a risk of war with the United States, or at least severe economic sanctions on China, this expert believes that the stakes are so high that the Chines may be willing to take that risk.
China’s longstanding claims to Taiwan, which go back hundreds of years and have been reiterated frequently over the past several years, would provide an effective diplomatic-propagands justification for this military operation.
There is also available a written presentation of Calhoun’s views in Forbes.
I have my doubts as to whether Calhoun has accurately interpreted Chinas motives and intentions concerning Taiwan. But his presentation is well worth listening to.
As they say, the proof is in the pudding.
As we have all observed, Milley is definitely short a few shillings in the pound or he has long since spent his last $0.02. We expected no less from Pelosi since it was par for the course to do anything and everything possible to get rid of Donald.
The only open question is when their court martials for treason will be made public.
Colluding with the enemy from within and without; yet the right is considered the enemy from within according to Joe and his ilk.
Nancy may be developing herself signs of dementia and paranoia!
It’s like listening to 2 schizos in a mental institution whispering to each other that the chief psychiatrist
is insane!
It’s bad enough when the head honchos talk this way to their followers,but much worse when they believe their own nonsense!
Combine this with the disastrous Afghan withdrawal and the “woke” crap he promoted to divide and undermine morale in the military. Evidence is piling up that milley is agent of china.
The much maligned Joe McCarthy was decades ahead of his time.