Rawhide said:Not surprised. But let's admit, you're just not big on being boxed in. Hard to have it both ways when you're cornered.quash said:Rawhide said:Not going to answer the question?quash said:Rawhide said:I'm not interested word salad arguments or debating nuances with you. If Milley made a call to his foreign counterpart in China, unbeknownst to Trump, then told China that he would give them a heads up prior to any military action, does Milley belong in jail? Or do you think he should be celebrated for "saving the world"?quash said:Rawhide said:quash said:Rawhide said:Hey, you said he did the world a favor than reiterated it.quash said:Canada2017 said:quash said:"That said he was also wrong. Chain of command ought to mean something to a guy in his position. We have a civilian commander in chief for a reason. While the president demonstrated time and again that he had no clue as to the limits to his authority, we could vote him out of office and we did. And we always can."Canada2017 said:quash said:Rawhide said:How do you know he acted with good intentions. Were you there?quash said:
Milley acted with good intentions and probably did the world a favor.
That said he was also wrong. Chain of command ought to mean something to a guy in his position. We have a civilian commander in chief for a reason. While the president demonstrated time and again that he had no clue as to the limits to his authority, we could vote him out of office and we did. And we always can.
Did the world a favor? If you actually think Trump was going to launch nukes at China, you're a bigger idiot than biden.
I read the same stuff you do, how is it that you can't make the very short step to see the same thing?
Yes, he did the world a favor. And it is still a favor without regard to what you or I think was going to happen because (and this may hurt so consider this a trigger warning, snowflake) what you or I think doesn't matter. What matters is what China thought. And that is where Gen. Milley did the world a favor.
When a general decides to ATTACK another country without civilian approval of his actions ….without the president's approval of his actions …..
Will he still be doing the ' world a favor ' ?
Or does it all depend if one likes the president or not ?
A horrible precedent has been set .
Better nip it in the bud now .
Did you not read what I posted earlier?
Don't care to analyze your various ambiguous diatribes .
Read what you posted saying the General did the world a favor.
Clearly he did not .
It was a very dangerous act regardless if the sitting president is a republican or democrat.
At the very least he needs to be dismissed with the loss of all retirement benefits .
Ah, well maybe we can discuss some more of your counterfactual fanfic...
Squish: He was wrong, but he did the world a favor
Also, Squish: Hey, I said he was wrong. Don't pretend to know where I stand.
Okay, I won't pretend. I'll just take you at face value and know that you weren't the least bit concerned since you believe he did the world a favor.
You really can't hold two ideas in mind at the same time. Try again: he did the world a favor. He was wrong to do so. Why does that cause you to short circuit?
So, should Milley go to jail if the what the book says happened is true? Should he lose his job?
The book portion can be true without being the whole story. The story as I can make out is that the book left out some details that exonerate Gen. Milley. See Osodecentex's informative posts.
Choose one:
1) Belongs in jail
2) Should be celebrated
It wasn't word salad.
Nuance is crucial to meaning.
Nope. Not big on "Did you stop beating your wife?" nonsense.
Binary thinking certainly makes it look like that. When you get the energy for some hard thinking with nuances you let me know.
As to your first option: what statute did he violate?
“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.” (The Law, p.6) Frederic Bastiat