Milley is a stupid general

What has not been said of Milley is how utterly, absolutely, unbelievably stupid was his remark to PLA Gen. Li: “If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise.”

Was Milley looking for a first in a four-star, chief military advisor to a head of state? He certainly achieved that. At no other time, in any army, has a general of Milley’s position told another general, “I’ll let you know in advance if we’re going to attack you with our full arsenal.”

But, some of Milley’s previous statements were lacking in what country people would call “smarts.”

There were his comments on “white rage” and he stayed up late at night studying that great threat to national security.

On June 11, 2020, he apologized for walking with the president, the commander in chief, his boss, at the president’s request. “My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.”

Oh, okay. But calling a Chinese Communist Party general and assuring the general that he would let the general in on US war plans was not involving the military in domestic politics?

We are not that stupid, General, and if you have surrounded yourself with people who believe you acted within your oath of commissioning, We The People need and deserve a JCS chairman with a few more smarts.

Unbelievably stupid.