{"id":794369,"date":"2021-09-20T11:14:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T15:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=794369"},"modified":"2021-09-20T11:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T15:14:22","slug":"former-jcos-chairman-says-gen-milleys-calls-with-china-are-not-abnormal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-jcos-chairman-says-gen-milleys-calls-with-china-are-not-abnormal\/","title":{"rendered":"Former JCOS chairman says Gen. Milley\u2019s calls with China are not abnormal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-jcos-chairman-says-gen-milleys-calls-with-china-are-not-abnormal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=794369&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2524968\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2524968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Sept. 1, 2021, file photo Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a briefing with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington. The top U.S. military officer said Friday that calls he made to his Chinese counterpart in the final stormy months of Donald Trump\u2019s presidency were \u201cperfectly within the duties and responsibilities\u201d of his job. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:10 AM PT \u2013 Monday, September 20, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mike Mullen appeared to defend the current chairman\u2019s calls with China. On Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1439595169477767171?s=20\">Mullen told ABC<\/a> that having conversations with foreign counterparts is routine. Therefore, he asserted Gen. Mark Milley did not act abnormally.<\/p>\n<p>Mullen said he does hope some reported parts of the calls are not accurate, however, like Milley allegedly telling China he would warn them of a strike if one were to be planned.<\/p>\n<p>The Former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman implied he\u2019s more concerned with China\u2019s reaction than Milley\u2019s behavior on the calls. He suggested lines of communication with China are new and positive developments. However, he pointed out that China is not reading the communications properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s a little bit alarming to me though is that the Chinese would read the situation as they did, as really chaotic,\u201d Mullen stated. \u201cAs if we were going to possibly strike. It\u2019s very clear, and I don\u2019t know this because I haven\u2019t talked to Chairman Milley, it\u2019s very clear he had good intel that this was the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen says Army Gen. Mark Milley\u2019s secret actions during former Pres. Trump\u2019s final months in office were \u201cfairly routine.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t consider that abnormal at all.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lyJmfsGWYv\">https:\/\/t.co\/lyJmfsGWYv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VrTTSe9RES\">pic.twitter.com\/VrTTSe9RES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1439595169477767171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chairman Milley is scheduled to speak to Congress about the Afghanistan withdrawal at the end of the month, though questions about his phone calls are expected now.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/several-blasts-leave-3-dead-several-injured-in-eastern-afghan-city\/\">Several Blasts Leave 3 Dead, Several Injured In Eastern Afghan City<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this Sept. 1, 2021, file photo Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. 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