The visibly unfit-to-serve Gen. Mark Milley disappeared from the public eye last year when he “retired” — but is now cashing in on all of that “public service” with cushy corporate appointments and paid speaking gigs that will surely dwarf his already-bloated salary from the U.S. government.
This kind of corporate-state revolving door of “service” is exactly what Eisenhower warned about when he described the “military-industrial complex” on his way out of power over a half-century ago.
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Via The Intercept (emphasis added):
Since retiring from the military last year, former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley has become a senior adviser to JPMorgan Chase bank, joined the faculties of Princeton and Georgetown, and embraced the lucrative paid speaking circuit. From military pay of $204,000 a year, Milley is sure to skyrocket to compensation in the millions, especially because he is represented by the same high-powered speakers’ agency as Hillary Clinton, who faced criticism in 2016 for her paid speeches to investment bank Goldman Sachs.
Called “cashing in” by military officers, transitioning from capped government salaries to defense industry, private consulting for global risk management, or work with venture capital brings in lavish paydays.
At one such corporate event, Axios' Future of Defense, Milley made a startling prediction that would have enormous implications for national security and civil liberties when realized.
Via Natural News (emphasis added):
The 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has predicted that robots and other smart machinery could end up replacing up to one-third of the United States Armed Forces within the next 10 to 15 years.
For years, militaries have been experimenting with various robotic and AI technologies, such as armed drones, robotic dogs and mechanical mules. And now, with advancements in the defense industry, these technologies are now becoming more viable…
During Axios' Future of Defense event on July 11, retired Army Gen. Mark Milley noted that the number of human troops is likely to decrease as unmanned and artificial intelligence-driven tools become more prevalent in warfare tactics.
"Ten to fifteen years from now, my guess is a third – maybe 25 percent to a third of the U.S. military will be robotic," said Milley.
The multiple and irresistible logistical benefits of robot soldiers over humans include that they:
- Don’t get tired.
- Don’t eat food.
- Don’t have families.
- Don’t have emotions like fear or regret.
- Have no morality.
- Don’t require lifelong healthcare for PTSD.
The United States is by far not the only government that realizes the upsides of state power regarding automating the military.
Via Futurism (emphasis added):
Last week, Agence France-Presse reported that China had flaunted the gun-carrying robodogs in a 15-day joint military exercise with Cambodia dubbed the "Golden Dragon."
And if images of the literal killing machines weren't troubling enough, a new video of the robots released yesterday by the state-owned broadcaster China Central Television shows the killing machine dutifully hopping and diving, leading teams in reconnaissance, and shooting its back-strapped machine gun at targets.
"It can serve as a new member in our urban combat operations," says a soldier featured in the two-minute clip, "replacing our members to conduct reconnaissance and identify [the] enemy and strike the target."
According to the report, the quadrupedal robodogs — specifically, the China-based robotics firm Unitree's $2,800 Go2 models — can "operate" on their own from anywhere between two and four hours.
And it’s not just the military apparatus of the federal government — which, in the United States, is prohibited by federal law from activity within the borders of the United States for law enforcement purposes — that is rapidly adopting replacements for human LEOs.
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