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Milley says the military doesn’t swear oath to a ‘wannabe dictator’ in apparent swipe at Trump (www.cnn.com)

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In an impassioned and at times furious speech, departing Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley defiantly proclaimed that the US military does not swear an oath to a “wannabe dictator.”

It was a bitter and pointed swipe that appeared unmistakably targeted at former President Donald Trump, who has in recent days accused Milley of “treason” and suggested that he should be put to death for his conduct surrounding Trump’s bid in 2021 to remain in office despite losing the presidential election.

“We are unique among the world’s militaries,” Milley said. “We don’t take an oath to a country, we don’t take an oath to a tribe, we don’t take an oath to a religion. We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, or a tyrant or a dictator.”

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[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago

A true patriot would have snapped his neck and taken the punishment in service to the greater good.

[-] DigitalTraveler42@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

That's the type of person Trump thought Mad Dog Mattis was, because the nickname isn't indicative to who Mattis is, Trump was put off with Mattis's "warrior philosopher" schtick and Mattis in turn was put off when he realized Trump's fascist strongman persona wasn't an act.

As a former Marine who respects Mattis, I was deeply disappointed that he couldn't see through Trump's bullshit earlier on.

[-] pishadoot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sure he could tell. I just think he thought he could help, but eventually resigned when he realized that he was less effective than he expected he would be, and refused to be complicit in the administration.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Dude could've made himself into a folk hero

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Nah, that shitbrick would have been a perpetual martyr. Better that he gets publically kicked in the dick over and over instead.

[-] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly. If Trump dies anything but a natural death, he will be a martyr. Hell, even if he dies a natural death you can bet no small number of them will blame the Democrats, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and whoever else they can that they secretly murdered him. Trump could die with a cheeseburger lodged in his throat and they'd say libruls did it.

Face it, no matter which way the man dies, he's going to be a martyr, the only thing that can be controlled is how much of one he is.

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