and so i think what general milley did was exactly appropriate. he is by law the senior military advisor to the president and secretary of defense and trying to ensure that the chinese did not misunderstand what was going on in the united states. the fact he shared it with the chief of staff of the president as well as the secretary of state, secretary of defense, it was not going rogue by any means. professional integrity within the military was doing his job to keep this country strong and safe. yeah, i think it s clear why people in the trumpest right dislike general milley. he s well read. he s intelligent. he apologized for doing the bible walk with trump. he saw that that was a bad idea. they see him as quote unquote broke because he has evolved views on race and racial history. that s why they hate him. here is one of the people with
general were to resign and call that a resignation of principle. would that still be civilian control of the united states military in your view? it would be chaos. i m surprised tom cotton made such an suggestion. they shouldn t be thinking if they should resign or not if they agree or disagree with the policy of the president of the united states. i m so glad general milley was able to explain exactly to not just senator cotton but the american people responsibilities of leadership within the military, which is to carry out the authorized and lawful orders of the commander in chief. if a commander in chief was going to do something that was reckless or unethical or illegal, that s when the military officers stand up and say no, i m not going to do that but in this case, i think general milley and others made their views clear about whether or not we should leave afghanistan or once president biden who had to take all factors into consideration, not