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CaptainTruth's JournalCrisis of Command: The Pentagon, The President, and January 6
More indications that Pentagon officials were concerned Trump might misuse the DC Guard on Jan 6.
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evidence is mounting that the most senior defense officials did not want to send troops to the Capitol because they harbored concerns that President Donald Trump might utilize the forces’ presence in an attempt to hold onto power.
According to a report released last month, Christopher Miller, who served as acting Secretary of the Defense on Jan. 6, told the Department’s inspector general that he feared “if we put U.S. military personnel on the Capitol, I would have created the greatest Constitutional crisis probably since the Civil War.” In congressional testimony, he said he was also cognizant of “fears that the President would invoke the Insurrection Act to politicize the military in an anti-democratic manner” and that “factored into my decisions regarding the appropriate and limited use of our Armed Forces to support civilian law enforcement during the Electoral College certification.”
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it’s now clear that such concerns were shared by General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as former CIA Director and at the time Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Before Nov. 3, Milley and Pompeo confided in one another that they had a persistent worry Trump would try to use the military in an attempt to hold onto power if he lost the election, the Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker reported. “This military’s not going to be used,” Milley assured Pompeo.
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After Trump issued a Dec. 19, 2020 call to action to his supporters to come to DC to protest the certification of the electoral college vote on Jan. 6 (“Be there, will be wild!”), “Milley told his staff that he believed Trump was stoking unrest, possibly in hopes of an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act and call out the military,” and that he sought to stay ahead of any effort by the President to use the military in a bid to stay in office
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Milley, according to multiple reports, “feared it was Trump’s ‘Reichstag moment,’ in which, like Adolf Hitler in 1933, he would manufacture a crisis in order to swoop in and rescue the nation from it.”
The top officials’ fears were warranted: Donald Trump, his close aides and a segment of Republican political figures had openly discussed the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act or using the military to prevent the transfer of power on the basis of false claims that the election was “stolen.” But the Pentagon’s actions with respect to the National Guard suggest a scenario in which, on the basis of such concerns, a potentially profound crisis of command may have played out on Jan. 6.
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More at link...
[link:https://www.justsecurity.org/79623/crisis-of-command-the-pentagon-the-president-and-january-6/|]
My love & I went to the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit today.
I loved it. If you're at all interested in art, I recommend it. It's not just still images, elements have been extracted from the paintings & animated, & it's all set to an engaging soundtrack, it's very impressive!
[link:https://www.immersivevangogh.com/|]
https://www.immersivevangogh.com/
There's a new leader in charge of the US Capitol riot prosecutions
Source: NBC4 reporter Scott MacFarlane
There's a new leader in charge of the US Capitol riot prosecutions
Senate confirmed Matthew Graves as new US Attorney for District of Columbia
https://t.co/UeL6SLuo0R
(Sen Ron Johnson R-WI had previously put hold on nomination)
Oct 29, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the Senate yesterday confirmed Matthew Graves for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Norton recommended Graves to President Biden. Biden, like Presidents Clinton and Obama, has granted Norton senatorial courtesy for judges on the U.S. District Court for D.C., the U.S. Attorney for D.C., the U.S. Marshal for the D.C. Superior Court, and the U.S. Marshal for the U.S. District Court for D.C.
“Matthew Graves possesses all the qualities to be an exceptional U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia: experience, integrity, temperament, and intelligence,” Norton said. “He served with distinction as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, demonstrating that he has the experience and judgment to serve as an excellent U.S. Attorney for the District.”
Read more: https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-recommendation-graves-confirmed-by-senate-for-us-attorney-for-dc
Donald Rumsfeld, Nov 14, 2002: It Would Be A Short War
Never forget the words of GW Bush's Defense Secretary (& PNAC member) Donald Rumsfeld on Nov 14, 2002:
Rumsfeld: It Would Be A Short War
"Five days or five weeks or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that," he said
[link:https://t.co/NTEvsiH0yV|]
Final update on my 100 yr old dad & my sister...
First, I want to say a sincere thank you to everyone who expressed words of condolence & support in response to my previous posts, they mean a lot to me. I feel like DU is my extended family.
Second, good news on my sister. She didn't have a stroke. It was apparently a combination of exhaustion from caring for my dad, low sodium levels, & the onset of pneumonia that caused her to collapse. She hit her head on a hard floor which caused a bit of bleeding that was initially interpreted as a stroke. Now the doctors say the small amount of bleeding was the result of the fall, not a stroke which caused the fall. She's doing much better & was discharged from the hospital today. She's expected to make a full recovery.
Third, my dad. After 100 years & 15 days on this Earth he passed away peacefully last night. He was in such bad shape the last few days, bedridden, unable to move, barely able to swallow anything, we all feel a sense of relief. It was a blessing that after 100 years he only had to endure such suffering for a few days.
Goodbye dad, you'll never know how much you were loved.
Sad update on my 100 yr old dad, & my sister/his caretaker...
I posted here a couple weeks ago that my dad turned 100. He was able to have a pleasant celebration surrounded by family members, while he was still cognizant & in good humor. It was truly a blessing.
A lot can change in 2 weeks. Since then he's rapidly gone downhill, & last night my sister, who he has been living with for the past few months, & who has been his primary caretaker during that time, had a stroke & ended up in the ICU. Today dad was in such bad shape that my niece had to call an ambulance & have him taken to ER, & he will probably go to hospice/palliative care either later tonight or tomorrow. None of us expects him to live more than a few more days. Needless to say, I'm on a plane tomorrow, the cost be damned.
We are a strong family, we stick together, we help each other regardless of the cost, family is family, blood is thicker than water & all that. We will get through this... but... support from friends is always helpful & appreciated...
My dad is 100 years old today.
Not sure if this is appropriate for this forum, this is a cross post from the Lounge & I wanted to share.
We had a nice celebration & he got to see his 1 remaining brother (out of 6 boys), which only happens every 1-2 years. This will probably be the last time they're together.
He's still living with my sister but send good thoughts because the last few months he's gone downhill rapidly & he needs more intensive care than we can provide so we're talking to a hospice facility that we know is good, they have cared for other relatives & they were wonderful.
Today I don't want to focus on the negative, I want to celebrate the fact that my dad lived a long healthy life of 100 years. No heart attacks, no cancer, no other physical ailments, & even today at 100 the only pills he takes are vitamins, Tylenol, & a baby aspirin. I truly think scientists should be studying him, he's an unnatural phenomenon.
Happy 100th Birthday Dad, you did good. You did damn good.
My dad is 100 years old today.
We had a nice celebration & he got to see his 1 remaining brother (out of 6 boys), which only happens every 1-2 years. This will probably be the last time they're together.
He's still living with my sister but send good thoughts because the last few months he's gone downhill rapidly & he needs more intensive care than we can provide so we're talking to a hospice facility that we know is good, they have cared for other relatives & they were wonderful.
Today I don't want to focus on the negative, I want to celebrate the fact that my dad lived a long healthy life of 100 years. No heart attacks, no cancer, no other physical ailments, & even today at 100 the only pills he takes are vitamins, Tylenol, & a baby aspirin. I truly think scientists should be studying him, he's an unnatural phenomenon.
Happy 100th Birthday Dad, you did good. You did damn good.
My wife & I got our first Moderna shot this morning!
We had to leave the island & drive about 30 minutes to the country health center on the mainland. (Which made us both realize we hadn't been on the mainland in over a year, since COVID started.) They had 2 lines of drive-through, National Guard directing traffic, roll down the windows, get a shot, park for 15 minutes, & pick up vax cards with the 2nd appointment date & time on the way out.
It was very fast & efficient, I was impressed (& I'm in FL).
Afterward we treated ourselves to double mochas at a coffee shop followed by a yummy lunch at a nearby Indian restaurant. It was a great morning!
It's only been a few hours but I'm not feeling any effects yet, fingers crossed.
We just got our first vaccine appointment!!!
I've been eligible for a couple weeks (over 50) & my wife just became eligible yesterday (over 40), & this morning the FL state vaccine folks called & we now have appointments for this Friday morning, 15 minutes apart!
We're in Brevard County, & it's the Moderna vaccine.
WOOOO-HOOOO!!!!!!
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