Hollywood has produced many films about rogue generals, rebels or terrorists who seized nuclear missile sites or weapons with plans to nuke Russia or the U.S., hoping to trigger retaliations and start the first nuclear world war. Over time, military superpowers have implemented fail-safe to avoid any human error or unauthorized attack that could lead to the end of the world.
As part of American propaganda, most of the movies would paint Russians, Iranians or Chinese as the bad guys. But what if the bad guy is the President of the United States, the most powerful man on the planet? Worse, the president, and the president alone, possesses the sole authority to order a nuclear launch. That’s why the POTUS is the most powerful man.
If you think this is propaganda to paint an ugly picture of America, who always thought to be the good guy who would normally save the world, it is not. And the mad president is none other than Donald Trump, at least that was what General Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thought of the former U.S. Commander-in-Chief.
The situation must have been incredibly serious when General Milley, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, had to make “two secret phone calls” to his Chinese counterpart, General Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to assure China that the United States would not launch a military strike. The calls were made during the final months of the Trump administration.
According to a new book – “Peril” – by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward and national political reporter Robert Costa, the first call was made by Milley after a review of intelligence suggested that Beijing believed Washington was preparing to attack based on tensions over military exercises in the South China Sea, and made worse by Trump’s call of war against China.
General Milley said in his first call to General Li – “General Li, I want to assure you that the American government is stable and everything is going to be okay. We are not going to attack or conduct any kinetic operations against you”. That call took place on October 30, 2020, just four days before the presidential election that saw the defeat of President Donald Trump.
In fact, the U.S. top general was so concerned and serious about the situation in the White House that he promised to alert his Chinese counterpart beforehand – “General Li, you and I have known each other for five years now. If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise”. Apparently, Li believed Milley, according to the book.
The second call occurred on January 8, 2021, two days after thousands of Trump supporters riot and took over the U.S. Capitol in what is believed to be a last attempt to stop President-Elect Joe Biden from taking office as the 46th President of the United States. Milley tried to assure Li again – “We are 100% steady. Everything’s fine. But democracy can be sloppy sometimes.”
But this time, General Li was worried and not totally convinced, and General Milley totally understood why. But it wasn’t Milley alone who was equally worried that the Chinese government was misreading the situation, which could lead to an unexpected conflict. Then-defence secretary Mark Esper too had to use backchannel to assure Beijing that Washington has no intention to attack.
Milley, deeply shaken by the Capitol riot, was certain that narcissist Trump had gone into a serious mental decline in the aftermath of the election. Trump, who was cocksure he would win the second term, could not accept that he had lost. And the top U.S. general had every reason to believe that the crazy president could go rogue, something that none of Hollywood producers could imagine.
On the same day (January 8) he made his second call to General Li, the U.S. general also called a secret meeting in his Pentagon office to review the process for military action, including launching nuclear weapons. He specifically told all the senior military officials in charge of the National Military Command Centre not to take orders from anyone unless he was involved.
According to the book, Milley ordered his officers – “No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I’m part of that procedure. Got it?” He then went around the room, looked each officer in the eye, and asked them to verbally confirm they really understood. “Yes, sir,” – said the officers, obviously understood the message that the POTUS was unstable.
“You never know what a president’s trigger point is,” – Milley told his senior staff. “Peril”, based on more than 200 interviews, including documents, calendars, diaries, emails, meeting notes, transcripts and other records, is Woodward’s third on the Trump presidency. General Milley was merely taking a page from Schlesinger’s playbook.
In August 1974, defence secretary James R. Schlesinger issued an unprecedented set of orders in the final days of the presidency of President Richard M. Nixon, who was facing impeachment – if the president gave any nuclear launch order, military commanders should check with either him or Secretary of State Henry Kissinger before executing them.
Like Milley, Schlesinger feared that the scandal-plagued president, who seemed depressed and was drinking heavily, might order Armageddon. Infamous for his Watergate scandal, Nixon had triggered the “Madman Theory” when he bragged in front of congressmen – “I can go in my office and pick up a telephone, and in 25 minutes, millions of people will be dead.”
Like Trump, Nixon was so dangerous and unpredictable that hours before the end of his presidency, the nuclear “football” had already been taken away from him – without him noticing it. After all, this is the man who had threatened Soviet Union and Vietnam with nuclear missiles, if they didn’t accede to his demands.
Even before Trump’s stunning defeat, the Madman Theory has re-emerged when North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un and U.S. president Donald Trump took turns in threatening each other with nuclear attacks. Trump had threatened to rain “fire and fury like the world has never seen” on North Korea, while Kim threatened to turn the U.S. mainland into a “theatre of nuclear war”.
Milley’s fear was based on his own observations of Trump’s erratic behaviour. When the general received a phone call on January 8 from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, he tried to reassure Pelosi that the nuclear weapons were safe, only to receive the same evaluation that Donald Trump was unstable, lending credence that he did the right thing by securing the weapon of mass destruction.
Pelosi gave Milley an earful – “What I’m saying to you is that if they couldn’t even stop him from an assault on the Capitol, who knows what else he may do? And is there anybody in charge at the White House who was doing anything but kissing his fat butt all over this? You know he’s crazy. He’s been crazy for a long time”. Milley responded – “Madam Speaker, I agree with you on everything.”
Apparently, Milley discovered right after Trump lost the presidential election, the POTUS had signed a military order to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by January 15, 2021, before he left the White House. Even though the order was eventually nullified, it suggested that Donald Trump would resort to do anything just to sabotage the next president.
Leaving nothing to chance, on the same day (January 8), General Milley called the admiral overseeing the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the military unit responsible for Asia and the Pacific region, and recommended postponing the military exercises in order to take the heat off in the region. The admiral promptly complied as China was ready to retaliate militarily.
Even CIA Director Gina Haspel told Milley – “We are on the way to a right-wing coup”. The general responded – “Aggressively watch everything, 360”. The CIA was worried that Trump would try to attack Iran and start a conflict abroad, after inciting violence at home, just to distract from his humiliating election loss. Trump was already cooking the story that Joe Biden had stolen his presidency.
General Milley also told his top service chiefs to watch everything “all the time” and called Paul Nakasone, the director of the National Security Agency, with a specific instruction – “Needles up … keep watching, scan”. Even some of Trump’s most loyal advisers, such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Milley that Trump was “in a very dark place right now.”
Of course, Trump was not impressed with the latest revelations. He has condemned the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s actions (phone calls to Chinese General Li) as “treason” and said – “I did not ever think of attacking China”. Calling him “Dumbass” General Mark Milley”, Trump has called his hardcore supporters to go on TV and demand that the general be arrested for treason.
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September 15th, 2021 by financetwitter
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Comments
This article sounds so corny, fictitious, mixed with humor even. As for Donald Trump, he was the best they had since, mmmm, lets say, Abraham Lincoln. Now they have to live with blur blur Biden.
As for Papa Bear Xi, he seems to gone off his rocker, stirring up trouble all around Asia.
Maybe diplomat Qin Gang should give one of his straight forward talk to Papa Bear Xi by asking, ” WHF…ing hell are you doing in the backyard of South East Asia, building military installations, intimidating and provoking other countries. Your foolish and bullying actions has now caused nuke armed countries to join together and have ‘picnic’ in South China Sea. Is something wrong with you? You can tell me. Are you suffering from some type of inferiority complex ? Are you feeling insecure? Please remember, I am your straight shooting confidante.
In your recent speech on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, Papa Bear Xi, you don’t mind me calling you Papa Bear Xi, do you?, I am a straight shooter so, let me tell you, you have grown fat over the years. Life must be really good to you. Now, this what you said in the speech, quote, ” We have never bullied, oppressed, or subjugated the people of any other country, and we never will.” and you are going about doing just the opposite. Mental issues maybe ? You must know, this does not bode well for your image and our glorious communist nation. Don’t worry, I’m here, in times like this, I can tell you to STFU when it needs to.
Also I have one of our ‘Wolf Worry’ cub in one of the South East Asia Nation. He goes by the name of Wolfo Bitch. A green horn who is still wet behind the ears, so said the straight shooter.” He, He, He.
Comment by Paul Wolfobitch on September 17, 2021 at 5:01 pm
“Sun Tzu of Ketuanan Chinese greatness said the best war is fought without any casualty. That does not mean you run away from the battlefield but that you win wars without getting anyone killed”
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Get real Wolfo Boy, Sun Tzu art of war is outdated, Going to war and fight means people are going to get killed. In Communist China, Chairman Moa killed around 40 million Chinese people during his ‘reign’ and this was not even during a war.
His successor, President XI who has taken a physical shape like Chairman Moa said “Anyone who thinks of doing this will smash their heads bloody against the Great Wall of steel formed by the flesh and blood of 1.4 billion Chinese people.”, during his speech on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, but in a nuclear war, Communist China will be vaporized along with innocent lives. No more ketuanan Chinese greatness. No more Communist China. Makes one wonder whether the Communist leaders truly care about the Chinese people.
“The other good news is: Creepy Joe has been trying very hard to be worse than Biden, so the worse can still happen”
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What !!!! “Creepy Joe…… worse than Biden. Hello Wolfo Cub, what have you been smoking or perhaps it’s a case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, eh. Mmmuahahaha. He, He.
First time Ketuanan Hindian coolie Orifice Delhi Variant attempts to put together some orphaned words without much plagiarised effort copying from his white massahs, Alhamdulilah!
Unfortunately, the effort for the plantation Sambo is disjointed as it is disfigured, probably a result of the famous acid attack so beloved of the subcontinentals who cannot get any perverted joy in their lives without their violent ganges rape and grotesque molestation, Harry Rama, Hurry Krishna!
I love it when you bitch Wolfo, the nick is so that a trans like you can say nice things about worship for especially your much-adored white neocon massahs, , trust you to fall for it, thanks! As a little schwarzer your exalted worship of the German Trump is exemplary.
Keep it up, Sunshine, your Hinglish even without the funny accent and bizarre head movements and gyration with the arms is a larff and a half! Maybe you should go back to your best effort – your “eloquence” with your Cut n Paste, you write like your white massahs arseh*les are linked to your mouth!
A phew more tries at being a simian who can almost write nonsense, I’ll upgrade you from ketuanan Hindia to ketuanan Bolehland!
Now get your black behind from squatting on the pavement and yabbering endlessly to tarring the dirt track, your catatonic act avoiding work might get you mistaken for the lifeless plaster cow, elephant, snake or monkey god, Harry Krishna, Hurry Rama, Kari Kari..!
Can’t say Milley is doing much wrong. With a freaking egomaniac and nutter like Trump, it is a service to mankind if the nuclear button is taken away from the glorified hillbilly fascist. You can say same for Creepy Joe, the rotten tauhu in his lost head spends all the time in some cuckoo land with the Teletubbies, the nuclear button is not safe in his hand either.
Military decisions and actions should ideally be the domain of the civilian administration, but with nearly all Yank politicians (and the military!) in the pockets of their arms industry, it’s sometimes a better proposition a saner head takes over. Hitherto, all Milley has been doing has been allocating their space the LGBTQ+++ community,I’ve nothing against women (non-men?) with dciks fighting and killing men who can’t use their dciks, or prefer to be women (persons without dciks), it all reeks the same for our ketuanan impotence, perhaps.
It is good level-headed thinking to use any opportunity to prevent wars – and especially when your adversary can hit back just as good, something the Yank cowards are not used to. I am, of course, talking about China here.
The US trains the military of many countries, often these are primed to seize and take over gomens the US does not like. It’s high time US generals be in the position to do same fcuk their gomen. After all, the arms industry, the “deep state” and the neocons always override voter interests. Either Trump’s lot stage a coup or Milley goes his own way, everyone and his dog should be entitled to his own way. It helps tremendously if you are armed, too, few would argue with the barrel of a gun.
Sun Tzu of Ketuanan Chinese greatness said the best war is fought without any casualty. That does not mean you run away from the battlefield but that you win wars without getting anyone killed. A good general avoids fight and slaughter, and a good general should be a man or “woman” or “person” who knows personally him/her/it self, and knows his adversary. This should be done through intelligent study of all aspects involved with people and wars – and more.
The Yanks are not good with anyone who does not think like them, and the Chinese certainly do not want to think like Yanks, thank goodness!
Communication is important, lines should always stay open between adversaries. It is good Milley contacts his Chinese counterpart. Civil war in USA is becoming very possible. World War is highly likely. Guided missiles and misguided generals – and politicians are a dangerous mix. And the Yanks are good at blaming Russia and China for its own failures and general stupidity.
The majority of the US are rather backward, misguided, dumbfcuk retards who know nothing of the rest of the world. In fact, they know nothing about the neighbourhood outside their hometowns.
Even with being fcuked in Korea, Vietnam… and now Afghanistan, the Yanks have learned nothing. Even Lebanon and Somalia could fcuk the US and drive them away.
In spite of the reality, the dumb Yanks still wallow in their smug ignorance and hold delusional fantasies about controlling the world. Fancy, 20 years in Afghanistan to reach the bizarre conclusion they’ve been fcuked by enemies in nightgowns, sandals and bandaged heads. In another long war, the dumbfcuk Yanks lost badly to little Vietnamese enemies in pyjamas and slippers! No Sun Tzu these – and plenty other wars the Yanks lost.
The US is losing its tiny mind. Milley obviously realised Yankland can’t fight China. The Yanks can’t even figure out the wily Chinese! All the Yank generals know is you can’t fcuk with the Chinese, worse still, the Chinese are itching to give them a bloody nose plus a good kick between the wonky legs of the Yanks. For each move the US tested in China’s waters and airspace, the Chinese has, an answer. The Chinese even use US defence contractors as consultants. For years the Chinese have used Kissinger too.
Milley may not be in his seat for long, but he’s done right in his dealing with the Chinese, many a good general in history has prevented wars by having positive contacts with each other. Rommel and Montgomery, etc had constant contact with each other even during battles. What better before any battle.
Slaughters have been prevented when general’s see sense. Good that Milley did, and told the Chinese what he supposedly did. Considering Yank generals mostly lost wars or fought small weak countries and “won”, Milley was doing just great putting the Chinese in the know about their politicians’ stupidity. . Fighting the Chinese would not be any fun compared to finding jobs in the army for the LGBTQ++ lot.
War, however, would help Western economies for a short while, they should gang up and try it on the Chinese rather than hang about bitching ceaselessly like a bunch of pussies. Either put up or “Shut tfu” nobody is going to be impressed waiting around for the first shot while holding buckets of popcorn. Nobody is going to “win” decisively, it will be another defeat for the West. But wtf, the West never learns, centuries of lifting huge rocks and dropping them on their feet, they are still doing it!
Seriously, a war would help China too, Her new generations are fast becoming pampered into soft tauhu. Sending out the boys to fight in a war is critical to stop them for dying in front of their computer games. Or putrifying in front of the telly watching reruns of “China Got Talent”!
Milley may have saved Yankland from itself, its madness and stupidity, it would be fun to see if Creepy Joe can save Milley!
NOTE: If there’s a nuclear war with China, the nuclear clouds will reach Bolehland pretty soon. Unlike those near the blast who would (mercifully) die quickly, those in Bolehland would die slowly – and consciously – and jolly damn miserably.
Imagine still being hit with Covid, lack of hospital beds, sitting outside clogged hospital because there’s no intensive care… Imagine also having poisonous smog waft over from Indonesia as a plus, and, most of all having a big bunch of properly fcuked up retard politicians, our hypochondriac kiasu citizenry monkeys would have plenty to panic over.
The other good news is: Creepy Joe has been trying very hard to be worse than Biden, so the worse can still happen. The Yanks have just signed up the Ozzies to be their running emus, it would be scary them convicts drop by to slit the throats of our kiddies on their way to be hammered by the Chinese!