Army General Mark Milley

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1. SALUTE General Milley (American)

Thank you. I hope this clip gets ultra wide circulation

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2. I'm still pissed that draft-dodging G.O.P. Felon-47 demeaned our US troops and veterans

by calling them "suckers and losers." And all the godforsaken republicons are OK with that. Not a one of them has ever spoken up to defend our veterans, our gold star families, our active duty soldiers and sailors. How low the repubes go.

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9. Visiting The Wall a few decades back (been in DC for both fun, and marches). It was sobering, but I think it's a...

beautiful Monument.

Yes, it's not traditional, but my goodness you see all those nanes that perished in a war I think we shouldn't either have fought, or ended waaaay sooner.

A representational statue may show a single, or a few soldiers that represent all, but here you actually see how many had died!

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3. Anybody want to tell us what he said?

I’m not a fan of videos.

[cliffside]

4. Copying the transcript from the video, 2:23 minutes ...

where they have the description, click on more, then show transcript, it will appear on the upper right, along with the time.

"0:07
I'm deeply honored to have worn the
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cloth of this nation
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for 43 and a half years
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and I'm humbled
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to have served as the 20th chairman of
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the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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but today
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is not about anyone up here on this
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stage
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it's not about the president the
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Secretary of Defense May CQ
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it's not about us
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it's about something much larger than
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all of us
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it's about our democracy
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it's about our Republic
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we are unique among the world's armies
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we are unique among the world's
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militaries
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we don't take an oath
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to a country
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we don't take an oath to a tribe we
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don't take an oath to a religion
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we don't take an oath to a king or queen
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or they're Tyrant or dictator that we
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don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator
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we don't take an oath to an individual
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we've taken oath to the Constitution and
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we take an oath to the idea that is
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America and we're willing to die to
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protect it
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those values and ideas are contained
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within the Constitution
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of the United States of America
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which is the moral North Star
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for all of us who have the privilege
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of wearing the cloth of our nation
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is that document that all of us in
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uniform
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Swear to protect and defend against all
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enemies foreign and domestic
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those who sacrifice themselves on the
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altar of freedom in the last two and a
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half centuries of this country
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must not have done so in vain
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the millions wounded in our nation's
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wars did not sacrifice their limbs and
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shed their blood
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see this great experiment in democracy
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perish from this Earth no we the
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American people
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we the American Military
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must never turn our back on those that
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came before us and we will never turn
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our back on the Constitution
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that is our North Star that is who we
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are and that is why we fight
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thank you and may God bless our military
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and may God bless the United States of
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America
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[Applause]"

[MLWR]

5. Thank you for posting the transcript.

[cliffside]

7. You're welcome! nt

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6. I'm also not a fan of videos, but Gen. Milley's address is particularly moving.

Only a couple of minutes. No wasted time twitching to somebody's impression of music, no wasted time hearing the rehashed old words strung together in nonsense phrases.

A powerful speech with an admirable group behind him - and in front. Worth your valuable time!

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8. Way to go General Milley

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10. Thank you General Milley...

I may not always agree w what our military does, but there are definately times when they bring a tear to my eye in their service. It's a serious thing.