Milley Versus Pelosi: Who’s Lying?
2 min read(Zero Hedge) Amid calls for his resignation, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley on Friday defended two phone calls he secretly made to his Chinese counterpart, in which he reassured Beijing that a US attack wasn’t going to happen, and that he’d give them a heads up if Trump ordered one.
The general reached out to Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army several days before the November 2020 election and two days after the Capitol breach on Jan. 6 to reassure the Chinese army that an attack isn’t incoming, according to excerpts of a book that was published this week.
Milley, the top U.S. general, described the two phone calls as “routine” and claimed they were done “to reassure both allies and adversaries in this case in order to ensure strategic stability,” reported The Associated Press. When speaking to the news agency, he only offered a brief comment about his two calls with Li and said he will speak about his calls in front of Congress later this month when both he and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin are scheduled to testify.
According to the book, written by journalist Bob Woodward and Washington Post reporter Robert Costa, Milley allegedly told Li that “if we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise.” The call raised questions about whether he was undermining then-President Donald Trump’s authority. -Epoch Times
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