How did he adhere to any enemy of the United States? This is usually described as physically joining with another nation to carry out an act against the US.
You don't believe that would be helpful to an enemy of the United States to know when and where we are going to strike them in a kinetic military operation? The answer is, of course that would be helpful, which means it's "aid" to the enemy.
The diplomatic corps isn't constantly talking about military operations. Milley was talking about military operations.
Which military operation was he discussing? What plans did he pass on?
Milley wss acting on his own, Michael. That is not how diplomatuc missions work. They follow a chain of command.
We don't know.
IIRC, the protocols for communication with a foreign nation were followed, with the Secretary of Defense signing off on at least one of the calls, with multiple officials taking part.
I believe it was a universal statement, if the report is correct, any military operations that may occur until the new president was sworn in.
The White House, at that time, did not know about this, said Pompeo.
Any? That's a bit broad. I believe there were operations still going on in Afghanistan. Did he pass any of those along? Or do you mean only operations which may effect China?
We don't know.
Was it required that the White House be informed of this call?
You know perfectly well what I meant. There's a word for ignoring the context, it's called pretext.
I was not being facetious here. Any is a very broad term. I assumed you meant operations against China, but it can also mean operations which may not be directed at China but can still effect them, i.e. military maneuvers or troop or ship deployments. Even missions in Afghanistan could be seen by China as effecting their interests.
The context in this instance includes the attribution made by Bob Woodward which I made reference to above. But losing track of that's not a big deal.
OK.
Think about that question, Michael. Milley informing Trump of the call prior to making it would have been a confrontation, and I'm certain Trump would have fired him on the spot and rightly so.
No kidding. The question still stands, however. Was it required, legally, that the White House be informed of this call?
Chain of command.
It doesn't answer the question, but I'll take it.
It does answer the question. Were you in the military?