What's up with this change at DoD? (from Michael Beschloss

[Grasswire2]

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[Mike 03]

1. I saw this earlier and don't know how to interpret it.

But these changes never mean anything good.

[soothsayer]

3. Same here

[Hortensis]

2. From Stars and Stripes: "Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller on Wednesday

ordered the Pentagon’s top civilian overseeing the military’s special operations community to report directly to him, effectively elevating U.S. Special Operations Command to the same level of the Pentagon’s military departments.

The change makes the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low intensity conflict a service secretary-like position responsible for the oversight and advocacy of the military’s special operations forces, said Miller...

Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a former aide to Trump’s first national security adviser Michael Flynn, is now filling the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low intensity conflict role on an acting basis. Miller briefly served in that position on a temporary basis earlier this year, as well. ...

The acting defense secretary said Wednesday that drawing down operations in those nations will allow special operations forces to refocus on their roles in a potential fight with a major power such as China or Russia.

“Right now we start the transition to provide greater civilian oversight of, and critically, advocacy for our special operators,” Miller said. “This couldn't come at a more critical moment in time, as we bring our nation's longest conflicts to a responsible end and prepare special operations forces for this new era of great-power competition.” ...

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/acting-defense-secretary-orders-top-special-ops-civilian-to-report-directly-to-him

Don't know what all to make of this, but civilian ops bypassing military chain of command control sounds bad. Reminds me of a long Rolling Stone article about Erik Prince, who told Fox he's bringing back Blackwater. RS left the veracity of that claim open.

[nakocal]

8. And it is NOT legal

as the Secretary of Defense is NOT in the chain of command.

[Hortensis]

10. Hope so, should be, but Miller claims this is just following congress's

instruction, a common-sense realignment. Nothing to look at here.

[sarisataka]

28. The Secretary of Defense

Most definitely IS in the chain of command.

[mopinko]

18. THAT'S WHO REPLACED MY NEPHEW????

for holy fuck sake.

that was his job before john rood insulted him so badly he told him to get fucked and quit.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214554773

[MartyTheGreek]

4. And it weakens Joint Chiefs of Staff correct? Directly under POTUS. n/t

[EndlessWire]

27. Oh, is that true?

Doesn't look good...

[Laelth]

5. Both puzzling and disconcerting. n/t

-Laelth

[The Blue Flower]

6. Putin doesn't answer to us

So don't ask.

[SoonerPride]

7. It means that trump intends to order special ops to take over the country

After declaring martial law

[maxsolomon]

9. I'm reading every one of these DoD firings and such

as a means to that end.

[SoonerPride]

11. I am not saying they will succeed, but that's what he wants to do.

Perhaps the Pentagon top brass will countermand such orders and declare them illegal orders.

Or not.

and we have a dictatorship.

But that's what he is lining up the pieces on the board to do.

[maxsolomon]

15. It's a convoluted scenario

But I believe he expects to get the election to the SCOTUS, who will overturn the EC because they owe him, and when massive civil unrest breaks out in the Cities, he plans to use the Military to suppress it and cement his coup.

I don't think the DoD will stand for it. If anything, they'll be forced to seize power to install Biden.

On edit: I can't believe I'm speculating on these failed-state scenarios.

[Laelth]

14. Me too.

I think he’s keeping his options open. He may or may not choose to exercise this one. Naturally, this is the one I most fear and hope that Trump opts against.

-Laelth

[uponit7771]

19. ... and there will be someone coming right along to give Trump the benefit of the doubt

[OneGrassRoot]

12. FWIW....

I've been following QAnon for a long time, so long that it's nearly impossible to summarize the rapidly changing events of the last few months. I also follow the really smart people working to "out" the different puppet masters behind Q, including one of the co-founders of Anonymous.

Mike Flynn is one who has been joined at the hip since the inception of Q.

Ezra Cohen-Watnick is in tight with Flynn (and other sketchy AF criminals), and the team following Q feels ECW has taken the place of Jim and Ron Watkins, creating a next-generation version of Q. It was very alarming to them when he was appointed to the DoD position recently; they had their eye on him for a while.

[Laelth]

13. Interesting. Thank you.

Anything else you would like to share would be welcome.

-Laelth

[crickets]

16. Double-plus ungood. K&R for visibility.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. Who is directing TraitorTrump?

[uponit7771]

20. Benedict Donald has been the whore of Putin since day one

[Hermit-The-Prog]

21. Yeah, but who is relaying Putin's plan? TraitorTrump is too dumb to execute complex orders directly.

[uponit7771]

22. hmmmmm, the son in law? "back channel" communications?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. Jared fits. His bopping around with MbS and reported interference in covid response fit.

[uponit7771]

25. +1, forgot about MBS ... these guys have done sooooo many greasy things its hard to keep up with

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. He creeps me out and seems cold enough to be Putin's mouthpiece to the orange thing.

[spanone]

24. God knows what this cabal is up to. Trying to kneecap Joe Biden every way they can.