FRIDAY PDB – Did he really? The patriot: How General Mark Milley protected the Constitution from Donald Trump. During his tenure, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley helped to preserve democracy as the first and only Chairman in history faced with a former President accused of inciting a riot on the Capital.
This, according to The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
“He did a lot of things, General Milley, both domestically and internationally, to make sure that we didn't have reckless wars,” Goldberg says. Milley and other national security officials “never disobeyed President Trump,” but instead tried to convince him that certain military actions were “a bad idea.”
“Let's not kid ourselves, the President is a nuclear monarch,” Goldberg says. “[It's] very hard for a Secretary of Defense or senior military leadership to tell the president no, and it might be illegal to tell the president no.”
MILLEY MAY HAVE BEEN A GOOD CHECK ON EXCESSIVE BEHAVIOR BY AN INEXPERIENCED PRESIDENT, BUT HE ALSO OFTEN OVERREACTED TO TRUMP'S BLUSTER.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
BIZARRE F-35 CRASH
911 call reveals bizarre circumstances of F-35 ejection. The Marine F-35 crashed Sunday after a malfunction prompted the pilot to eject over Charleston and land in a residential backyard.
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
House GOP plans to pass defense budget fail again as shutdown looms. With an Oct. 1 shutdown looming, House Republican leaders failed to pass their $826-billion defense bill for a third time in two weeks. Democrats object to its anti-diversity and anti-abortion-travel measures & GOP conservatives who voted against it want deeper cuts in the whole federal budget.
Dems weigh batch votes to bypass Tuberville for remaining nominees. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., held a series of votes to confirm Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by an 83-11 vote, Gen. Randy George as Army chief of staff in a 96-1 vote, and Gen. Eric Smith as Marine Corps commandant with a 96-0 vote.
DROP YOUR WOKE POLICIES, SECDEF – Defense secretary confronts GOP senator over ongoing military blockade. Some Republicans blanched at the comments during a briefing whose stated purpose was Ukraine.
NATIONAL SECURITY
HOW ABOUT, BRING BACK THE DRAFT? FOR REAL DIVERSITY – The all-volunteer force is dying. Here's how to save it. America's all-volunteer force is slowly dying. And unless we act soon to reverse the trend, we are putting our nation's future security at risk.
IF UKRAINE LOSES, RUSSIA AND CHINA WIN – AND US LOSES – Zelenskyy warns Congress, DoD that Kyiv will lose without aid. Zelenskyy visited Washington hoping to secure more and better US aid for Ukraine. But many of his pleas fell on deaf ears as Republican opposition grows.
FIX THIS! – F-35 fighters ‘mission capable' only 55% of the time, watchdog report finds. And 73% of replacement parts must be sent back to suppliers because the Pentagon's maintenance depots are inadequate.
CHINA THREAT
China's fighters aren't just flying around Taiwan. They're practicing. A surge in activity by the Chinese military shows it honing its ability to block the U.S. from responding to an invasion of the island.
RUSSIA THREAT– UKRAINE WAR
Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 576 of the invasion. Russian attack on Kherson; a second grain ship departs from Ukraine's Chornomorsk seaport as the country attempts to restart Black Sea exports.
Ukraine sends first armored vehicles through breach in Russian defenses. Kyiv is seeking to expand the limited breakthrough in the southeast at a pivotal moment in its counteroffensive.
First US Abrams tanks to arrive in Ukraine next week. Joe Biden announced this during a White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
With Zelenskyy in town, White House still a no on ATACMS long-range missiles for Ukraine. Team Biden said the long-range weapons are not “off the table,” but no decision has been made.
IRAN THREAT
ISRAEL'S MOSSAD NEVER SLEEPS – Iran says fire at defense ministry warehouse extinguished, under investigation. The fire is the latest in a series of incidents hitting the Islamic Republic's defense industry.
SPACE THREAT
UK mulls onboard sensing requirements for satellites. To avoid collisions in the increasingly congested space environment, Britain is considering a policy that would require satellites to carry a space domain awareness sensor.
HOMELAND SECURITY
BIDEN BAND-AID – 800 additional active-duty troops to deploy to US-Mexico border as migrant crossings increase. This, as the daily number of migrants crossing has more than doubled this month.
Cyber-attacks reveal uncomfortable truths about US defenses. U.S. critical infrastructure is under constant attack, held at risk by the insecurity of the computing systems that operate its most essential services.
Ransomware gang targeting defense firms, FBI warns. The Snatch ransomware group has been learning from others to improve its own ploys, including data theft and double extortion.
DIVIDED LOYALTIES – State and Justice Dept. contractor charged with spying for Ethiopia. A Maryland man of Ethiopian descent, Abraham Teklu Lemma, is accused of passing on classified national defense information about a region where soldiers battled rebels.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
GOOD – US, Vietnam coast guard cooperation grows tighter after Biden visit. They will expand a working relationship on the high seas in the wake of Joe Biden's visit to Hanoi this month.
US Navy unmanned surface vessels visit Japan for first time. Integrated Battle Problem 23.2 is the first exercise to use unmanned surface vehicles in the U.S. 7th Fleet.
Sudan army chief warns war could spill over into neighbors. Sudan's de facto leader has warned the UN that his country's war could spill over into neighboring African nations.
BIDEN'S AFGHAN DISASTER
THESE ABANDONED ALLIES DESERVED IT, OTHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DON'T – Afghans who recently arrived in US get temporary legal status. The status applies to Afghan asylum seekers who arrived after March 15, 2022, and before Sept. 20, 2023.
US MILITARY
What are EFP bombs? Once triggered, an EFP turns a copper or steel warhead into a molten projectile that can punch through the main armor of almost any vehicle in the U.S. military.
OUTSTANDING! – Black teens learn to fly and aim for careers in aviation in the footsteps of Tuskegee Airmen. Marie Ronny and Kyan Bovee expect their futures to take off. Literally.
There is now no Marine uniform that requires women to wear skirts. Female officers and staff noncommissioned officers can now wear slacks instead of skirts with their evening dress uniform.
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My response to question about Milley is this. I can understand the general helping the president but going behind his back to a Chinese official to say that our president would not be allowed to do certain things in the event of aggression is behaving as treason. For that reason Milley should have been relieved of command!
Traitor for sure
Milley is an example of the rest of the General Corps currently not leading our country as they should they are all puppets, not upholding their oaths of office to serve and to do so according to the constitution. They are whiny yes men to this ignorant, brainless buffoon occupier.
Traitor FOR SURE!!!!!
General M. was not a Warrior, and certainly not a Soldier. He was grooming for political theater, all the way to the Top . Look at the Military can you see him going into battle with what He left behind. (Afghanistan has our equipment). Only if he was a thousand miles away in a Nuclear Bunker with Donuts and Tea.in the Command Center. We are out of bullets we are out of Men, and Women, equipment, enlistment is down, and so is re- enlistment, junior Officers ,and senior NCO’s. Democrats always found ways to cut military’s budget, even if they had to stop te-enlistment of qualified Officers and NCO.s I was there.
General Milley told Atlantic Magazine that President Trump told him he didn’t want to see veterans like the one who was being celebrated at the Fischer House opening. The famous couple who opened the Fischer House were there. The husband has died but the wife told a different story on Greg Kelly’s show on Newsmax.
President Trump clapped ardently for this veteran who lost his leg, was paralyzed and could not talk. President Trump got up and hugged and kissed this veteran and his wife many many times and President Trump spoke to both of them and he was crying.
Why does General Milley hate ex-President Trump so much to tell aweful lies like that. The wife explained how President was so loving towards this veteran and his wife.
Milley is a TRAITOR plain and simple ! He is still undermining President Trump by making the rounds to all the woke propaganda news outlets. He is promoting the story that President Trump is going to put him and others in jail if he wins the Presidency back. He knows he’s a TRAITOR and is fearful of what’s coming his way
Bullsh*t!!! Miley is part of the Cabal and has no problem complying with Obama and President Puddin’ Head. He was told to dishonor Trump by the Obama Cabal and is a TRAITOR to the USA.
Milley is a disgrace in uniform. His handling of the Afghanistan retreat was a disaster. Always protect your civilians. His disrespect for the President is without precedent.