2. If we remember the Lafayette Square moment, then Milley's recent spate of interviews feels a bit like reputational laundering. For it to amount to something more serious we'd need a congressional investigation into what Trump actually tried to do with the military.
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3. To the extent Milley & the top ranks bent resisted Trump and now want to be on the right side of history by taking a stance against white supremacists in the ranks, they are likely to targets of rightwing anger. That's the root of the "woke military" meme.
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4. The whole business of rooting out extremists from the military is going to be a big challenge and has roots going back many decades. To figure it out, I did a podcast with
@attackerman who knows this ground as well as anyone:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/podcast-spencer-ackerman-on-extremism?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …Show this thread
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"bended"?
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Usually only used to mean kneeling in modern usage.
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Anybody can bend for a few minutes. Milley issued statement soon afterwards- mistake to be there., especially in fatigues. Has done plenty since to make up for a lapse that no American military official prepared for: an American President waging war on American civilians.
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