Politics Worried Trump could 'go rogue,' Milley took top-secret action to protect nuclear weapons

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  1. Lanny

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    These counterpart conversations are commonplace. A treason charge would be laughed out of court the same way all of Trump's cases are.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Borderline means that arguably it is treason and arguably it is not.
     
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    There are people out there arguing both positions. Thanks for confirming my language.
     
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    Is that like being borderline pregnant?
     
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    I think the female body has a way of shutting that whole thing down...
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    No such thing.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    It depends. Was that the result of a normal rape or a forced rape.
     
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    The treason can be aborted prior to six weeks after conception.
     
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    From: https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/17/politics/mark-milley-defends-china-calls-trump/index.html

    "On Wednesday, several current and former defense officials rejected the criticism that Milley was acting in secret or out of authority, saying that the calls were conducted under protocols similar to other high-level engagements by the Joint Chiefs chairman and in consultation with the Defense Department.
    More than a dozen people were on both videoconference calls Milley held with Li, including a representative from the State Department, a defense official had told CNN. The read-out and notes from the calls were shared with the intelligence community and the interagency, the official said."

    In other words, is it shocking that the republicans that rail against an investigation into an actual attack on the capitol are so outraged about a call that follows standard protocols in the army? With the current state of the republican party, sadly, not.
     
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    However, their concerns ended up being unfounded.

    I winder, if President Biden start (furthers?) down the road of dementia if the military has the same plans in place to usurp the President and take control?
     
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    I bet they would if he starts acting as irrational and crazy as Trump was that last month he was in office. Fortunately for all of humanity I can say with high levels of certainty that isn’t going to happen. You may not like Biden, but the guy isn’t a deranged manic narcissist like his predecessor.
     
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    Tell me, what party do you belong to? What do you believe good sir? I am dying to know.
     
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    Good catch! Thank you ....I fixed it back to Gary Johnson....must have had basketball on my mind when I posted that
     
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    It gave me a chuckle.
     
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    He actually might have been a better candidate than both my votes...
     
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    EXCLUSIVE: Bill Barr warned Trump that independent voters thought he was 'f**king a*****e' and he needed to 'dial back' outrageous behavior or he'd lose election - then chided him for 'wheeling out clown car of lawyers' to contest results, book claims
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    The trump tweets about Barr are gonna be epic...oh wait
     
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    I'm waiting for the side splitting laughter when Trump's clan takes Milley to court for this.
     
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    Unfounded? I think Trump whipping up an insurrectionist mob and encouraging them to "fight like hell" shows those concerns were very well founded.

    And absolutely. If Biden were behaving in a similar way I would expect the top brass to take similar precautions.
     
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