Nonilex<p>Along the way, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Milley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milley</span></a> deflected <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s exhortations to have the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> ignore, & even on occasion commit, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a>. Milley & other military officers deserve praise for protecting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, but their actions should also cause deep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unease</span></a>. In the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> system, it is the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> that are meant to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/serve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serve</span></a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/checks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>checks</span></a> on a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a>’s behavior, not the generals. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Civilians</span></a> provide <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/direction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>direction</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a>; the military then follows <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawful</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/orders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orders</span></a>.</p>