Girard442
Girard442's JournalWhat General Mark Milley should have said.
What he said:
I believe deeply in the principle of an apolitical U.S. military. In the event of a dispute over some aspect of the elections, by law U.S. courts and the U.S. Congress are required to resolve any disputes, not the U.S. military. I foresee no role for the U.S armed forces in this process.
What he should have said:
The Constitution lays out very explicitly the rules of Presidential succession. The military has no Constitutional role. I firmly believe in the commitment of all the parties involved to scrupulously adhere to those rules and procedures. Members of the military, the Senate and House of Representatives, and the President and Vice President all swear an oath to uphold the Constitution. I have no doubt that they will do exactly that. Any alternative would be unthinkable.
My convention speech, if they had invited me.
A lot of people tonight are saying good things about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Well, good on them, but I wanted to talk about something else.Imagine you're driving down the highway having a pretty good day and then BANG! You're in in one of those gawdawful multicar pileups. People are badly injured. Some of them are trapped in smashed-up cars. Fuel is leaking all over. A massive fire could break out an any second.
We all know what we want to happen next. Cops and EMTs and firemen arrive at the scene. Traffic is rerouted to avoid more accidents. Foam is spread to dampen down the possibility of fire. Firemen use the Jaws of Life to extricate people trapped in wrecked cars. EMTs stabilize the injured and they're transported to hospital trauma centers via ambulance or medevac helicopter. People without serious injuries are treated at the scene. Children separated from their parents are cared for. Tow trucks clear the highway and normal traffic flow is restored.
---Or---
Roving gangs of thugs rifle the smashed up cars while leaving the injured to die. They rape the survivors and set fire to damaged vehicles for their own amusement. Drivers caught in the snarled traffic are robbed at gunpoint. People are forced to abandon their cars and flee on foot. Normal traffic isn't restored for days.
In this election we can pick the first alternative or the second. The second isn't some crazy fever-dream. It's what's been happening. We have to stop it and restore sanity to America.
Thank you.
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