Top military brass slams racism after Charlottesville

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Anadolu Agency


Leaders of all four service branches slam racism as Trump appears to give boost to white nationalists
16.08.2017


By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON

In rare comments, the heads of America's military service branches are condemning racism in the wake of last weekend's violent white supremacist rally, with the heads of the Army and Air Force being the latest to weigh in Wednesday.

"I stand with my fellow service chiefs in saying we're always stronger together," Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said on Twitter.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said minutes before that his service branch "doesn't tolerate racism, extremism or hatred in our ranks."

"It's against our Values and everything we've stood for since 1775," he said, also on Twitter.

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1. Wow this has to be unprecedented

It would be akin to the Joint Chiefs calling out Truman for his treatment of MacArthur. Without the impotent flopping about of an amoral Trump, there would be absolutely no reason to make a statement.