Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   Ah yes, the litmus test argument Date:   9/30/2021 10:50:57 AM

Here is the problem I have with convicting Milley for what he did by sitting for interviews with book-writers: to my knowldge we don't know what Milley said to them.  We can read what they wrote but don't know whether they took words out of context of flat twisted his words to make it seem he said something he didn't.  He testified he hadn't read the books and thus couldn't sy whether they mischaracterized what he said.  Maybe he regrets afterward that he sat with them, much as he regretted being sucked into a photo op with Trump during the White House demonstrations, and purposefully didn't read what they wrote so ho could deny knowledge.  Of course he hasn't had a lot of time lately to kick back with a cigar and glass of brandy for some light reading, lol, but he certainly could have some of his staff scan them and report to him what is written.

Milley is no Joe Dunford, the previous CJCS.  Dunford was a classy guy who always seemed to do the right thing, know the answers to questions, and effectively carry out the leaders' wishes.  Milley is not that kind of guy and as the facts, not conjecture, become known it may turn out that he was wrong in what he did - but then again those facts might show he is a hero who helped avert a potentially catastrophic conflict with the Chinese.

You have decided in your mind the way things are and that is your right.  I am not so sure that what you believe to be fact really is, and want to wait for, as Paul Harvey used to say, "the rest of the story".