• Billiam@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    That he published after he was no longer serving as the Chairman of the Joint Chief’s of Staff. The US military is known for being apolitical. This is him selling a book as former CJCS Mark Milley, and not CJCS GEN Milley.

    Hard to paint his actions as morally good when he’s doing it to make a profit. Alex Vindman, for example, opposed Trump despite the personal cost for him. Miley doesn’t get points for that.

    Edit: It’s Bob Woodward’s book, not Milley’s.

    Also when a former-President and possible-future-President is an outright fascist, “being apolitical” is a great way to defend marching citizens to camps. After all, opposing a direct order from the President might be seen as “political.”

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      The retired general who said this isn’t making a profit; Bob Woodward, the journalist, is the one selling the book, not the general.