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Army Secretary and Chief of Staff disavow intention to participation in a coup
- adamsea 6y agoTFA: "On Friday, December 18, the secretary of the Army and the Army chief of staff formally disavowed any intention of participating in a military coup: 'There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election.' ... even when Trump has seemingly failed to get his way, he has still succeeded in doing enormous damage ... No, there won’t be a coup. But we have on record the first ever formal U.S. Army repudiation of a coup. That’s bad enough." Also see: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-secretary-chief-2020-election-mike-flynn/ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-secretary-chief-2020-el... https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/19/army-brass-rejects-calls-for-martial-law-no-role-f/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/19/army-brass-...
- onecommentman 6y agoA bit like someone categorically denying seeing you beat your partner. A loaded statement, much like a loaded question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question Probably wise of someone in the military to say that, after the Haig incident in 1981... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Haig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Haig Also wise not to read too much into it...