General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said China’s suspected hypersonic missile test is “very concerning” and near a Sputnik moment. Milley was referring to Soviet Russia’s launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, in October 1957, which caused anxiety in the United States that it was falling behind the Soviet…
Top US General Says China’s Hypersonic Missile Test Close to a ‘Sputnik Moment’
October 28, 2021
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Gen. Milley Calls China’s Suspected Hypersonic Missile Test a ‘Sputnik Moment’
October 28, 2021
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Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has called China’s suspected hypersonic missile test “very concerning” and said it was nearly a “Sputnik moment.” Milley was alluding to the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, in October 1957, which caused anxiety that the United States was falling behind…
A Politicized Administration Punishes Dissenters With ‘the Process’
Commentary As I mentioned in this space last July, the politicization of the United States’ armed forces, already underway under President Barack Obama, has been kicked into a higher gear by the Biden administration and its tame general, Mark Milley, by using the Capitol incursion of last Jan. 6 as pretext. By repeatedly and consistently…
Former Intelligence Director Rebuts Milley: No Concerning Intelligence Regarding China
The former U.S. director of national intelligence says that there was no concerning intelligence regarding China in the fall of 2020, rebutting Gen. Mark Milley. “There was no concerning intelligence that merited a call to his Chinese counterpart,” John Ratcliffe, who was the director from May 2020 to January, said on Fox News. Milley spoke…
Gen. Milley Defends Talking to Political Reporters, Says Some Details in Book Are Wrong
Gen. Mark Milley on Wednesday defended talking to political reporters even as he asserted he was misrepresented by at least one of them. Milley has acknowledged speaking to reporters for three separate books, including “Peril.” The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, though, has challenged some of the portrayals in the books, including claims…
Generals Recommended to Biden to Keep Troops in Afghanistan
Two top-ranking generals on Tuesday said they recommended to President Joe Biden that he leave U.S. troops in Afghanistan. “I recommended that we maintain 2,500 troops in Afghanistan,” Gen. Frank McKenzie told members of a Senate panel in Washington. Gen. Mark Milley also said he believed U.S. troops should remain in the Central Asian country. And…
Generals Contradict Biden, Say They Recommended Keeping Troops in Afghanistan
Two top-ranking generals on Tuesday said they recommended to President Joe Biden that he leave U.S. troops in Afghanistan. “I recommended that we maintain 2,500 troops in Afghanistan,” Gen. Frank McKenzie told members of a Senate panel in Washington. Gen. Mark Milley also said he believed U.S. troops should remain in the Central Asian country. And…
Milley Admits He Told Chinese General the United States Was Not Going to Attack China
The highest-ranking U.S. military officer admitted on Tuesday that he told a Chinese general last year that the United States was not going to attack China. Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a congressional panel that he was certain in October 2020 that then-President Donald Trump “did not intend…
A Rot Pervades America’s Institutions
Commentary At the end of his magisterial book “How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower,” Adrian Goldsworthy compares the fate of imperial Rome with contemporary America. The dominance of a civilization, he notes, depends not only on resources and military prowess but also on “culture,” that hard-to-define yet palpable mixture of confidence, savoir-faire, and commitment…
Mark Milley’s Perception Warfare Deserves a Leavenworth Long Course
Commentary Beltway raconteur Bob Woodward has a track record for sensationalizing gossip in order to create buzz and sell books. In American high schools and the Washington Beltway—is there a difference?—“buzz” is a term for manipulating emotional and social responses to achieve a goal. Woodward? He wants to sell books and demonstrate he matters, years…
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