“Resigning is a really serious thing — it’s a political act — if I’m resigning in protest. My job is to provide advice — my statutory responsibility is to provide legal advice or best military advice to the president, and that’s my legal requirement. That’s what the law is.”
– Gen. Mark Milley, following being asked why he didn’t resign after Joe Biden overruled his advice and sparked the disgraceful exit in Afghanistan.
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