.RepTimBurchett says Gen Mark Milley is “compromised by the Communist Chinese.” He offered the allegation in light of his disagreement with the administration’s recent decision to shoot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon over water rather than over land.
Rep. Tim Burchett questioned the integrity of U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a congressional hearing on"Combatting the Generational Challenge of CCP Aggression.” He offered the allegation in light of his disagreement with the administration’s recent decision to shoot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon over water rather than over land.“I fear that the U.S.
“This gave us the opportunity to assess what they were actually doing, what kind of capabilities existed on the balloon, what kind of transmission capabilities existed,” U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, who leads the North American Aerospace Defense Command, told reporters on Feb. 6. “I think you'll see in the future that that time frame was well worth its value.”
“If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise,” Milley was quoted as saying in Peril, a book by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. Milley has defended that call as a necessary response to “concerning intelligence” that Chinese officials were anxious about the possibility of a sudden war due to the chaos of Trump’s attempt to remain in office.
“My task at that time was to de-escalate. My message again was consistent: stay calm, steady, and de-escalate. We are not going to attack you.”
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