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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom Sep 14
      Replying to @baseballcrank @MarcBodnick

      The China thing may be less of an issue. Senior officers reaching out to their opposite number during times of uncertainty is not unprecedented. (Talking about it...well.) But going the Full Schlesinger makes me itch - and makes me ask where SECDEF was.

      6 replies 3 retweets 60 likes
    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Sep 14
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @MarcBodnick

      MacArthur was - quite rightly - fired for less.

      1 reply 3 retweets 57 likes
    3. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom Sep 14
      Replying to @baseballcrank @MarcBodnick

      I disagree and it's a pointless analogy. What you should be asking is why so many people, from Mattis to Milley and others - felt like they had to create constitutional innovations to get around a lunatic, and then ask how you can prevent that lunatic from returning to power.

      59 replies 13 retweets 121 likes
    4. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom Sep 14
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @baseballcrank @MarcBodnick

      Whether Milley should be fired is, for me, still something I'm trying to parse by analogy with 1974. But "this is all about Milley" is the wrong end of the telescope.

      4 replies 1 retweet 52 likes
    5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Sep 14
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @MarcBodnick

      Milley is, currently, in a position of power, so he's the most important part of the story.

      4 replies 2 retweets 49 likes
    6. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom Sep 14
      Replying to @baseballcrank @MarcBodnick

      And yet we had revelations of this kind when Trump was in the White House. Not just for Milley, but from Mattis and others. So Trump and the GOP are never the story, just whoever ends up dealing with the fallout from him being insane.

      4 replies 5 retweets 79 likes
    7. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Sep 14
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @MarcBodnick

      We had a presidential election in which Trump's unfitness for office was, quite rightly, litigated extensively, resulting in his defeat by a decrepit fabulist with the depth of a teaspoon. Sorry, whatabout Trump does not excuse the current uniformed chief from accountability.

      8 replies 1 retweet 38 likes
    8. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom Sep 14
      Replying to @baseballcrank @MarcBodnick

      I just want to know whether you were in favor of firing Milley - and Mattis - when Trump was in office. Were you? Because you have plenty of evidence from previous revelations that they were working around Trump this way. Mattis was openly running DOD with a moat around it.

      5 replies 2 retweets 42 likes
    9. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Sep 14
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @MarcBodnick

      I said throughout the Trump era that the reactions to Trump were often the greater danger to our system. I was uncomfortable with people working around Trump, but this goes way beyond that.

      3 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
    10. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom Sep 14
      Replying to @baseballcrank @MarcBodnick

      Mattis dug a moat around the Pentagon and basically ran it independently of Trump for a while, but sure, this was the red line.

      1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Sep 14
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @MarcBodnick

      I'd have been in favor of sacking him, too, if he went to a US adversary & promised them a heads-up if Trump ordered an attack.

      1:31 PM - 14 Sep 2021
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        2. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom Sep 14
          Replying to @baseballcrank @MarcBodnick

          That is the least problematic part of all this. Mil-to-mil contacts (including "trust me, we're not going off here") are normal, and Milley might have done a very good thing here. Mattis literally said "yes, sir" and then hung up the phone and said "we're not doing that."

          5 replies 2 retweets 56 likes
        3. Marc Bodnick‏Verified account @MarcBodnick Sep 14
          Replying to @RadioFreeTom @baseballcrank

          Another thing that seems relevant here: Trump is favored to be the GOP nominee in 2024.

          1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
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        1. James Ra‏ @JamesRaxz Sep 14
          Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom @MarcBodnick

          It’s time to surrender @baseballcrank. You’ve been successfully out argued by a subject matter expert. Respect it and take the L.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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