Milley Surrounded: How the Military’s Top Officer Slid Into the Political Fray

Paul D. Shinkman / U.S.News and World Report

 

One of President Joe Biden’s most vociferous critics finally asked the question of Gen. Mark Milley, the military’s top officer, that has become a central focus of right-wing politics in recent months.

“Gen. Milley,” Sen. Tom Cotton said to the embattled chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at a hearing on America’s calamitous war in Afghanistan, “Why haven’t you resigned?” https://www.dianomi.com/smartads.epl?id=3533

The question from the Arkansas Republican centered on why Milley, himself a seasoned veteran of America’s longest war, has not taken the ultimate form of protest after acknowledging he previously urged Biden to keep thousands of troops there. But, objectively, the subsequent exchange struck directly to the core of a growing sentiment in far-right corners of the Republican Party at the urging of former President Donald Trump. They are intent on portraying Milley as a political operative – and perhaps…Read more here.