واشنگٹن (پاکستان نیوز)ٹرمپ کے دور حکومت کے آخری ہفتوں میں چین اور امریکہ کے درمیان جنگ کے سائے منڈلا رہے تھے ، الیکشن سے چار ہفتے قبل امریکہ کے جوائنٹ چیفس آف سٹاف مارک ملی نے چینی ہم منصب کو فون کر کے اعتماد میں لیا کہ امریکہ کسی صورت چین پر حملہ نہیں کرے گا ، امریکہ میں کیپیٹل ہل حملے اور ٹرمپ کی الیکشن میں ناکامی کے بعد 8 جنوری کو ملک میں تشویشناک صورتحال کی وجہ سے جنرل مارک ملی کو دوبارہ اپنے چینی ہم منصب جنرل لی سے رابطہ کرنا پڑا جس کے دوران انھوں نے ایک مرتبہ پھر چینی ہم منصب کو یقین دہانی کرائی کہ وہ چین سے جنگ کرنے کے حق میں نہیں ہیں اور ایسے کسی اقدام کی حمایت نہیں کریں گے ۔ واشنگٹن پوسٹ کے صحافیوں باب ووڈ ورڈ اینڈ رابرٹ کوسٹا ک کی کتاب Peril میں انکشاف کیا گیا ہے کہ امریکی جنرل کو الیکشن سے قبل اور بعد میں دو مرتبہ فون کال پر چینی ہم منصب کو اعتماد میں لینا پڑا ۔
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fearful of Donald Trump’s actions in his final weeks as president, the United States’ top military officer twice assured his Chinese counterpart that the two nations would not go to war, according to a forthcoming book.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley told Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army that the United States would not strike. One call took place on Oct. 30, 2020, four days before the election that defeated Trump. The second call was on Jan. 8, 2021, just two days after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of the outgoing chief executive.
Milley went so far as to promise Li that he would warn his counterpart in the event of a U.S. attack, according to the book “Peril,” written by Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.
“General Li, I want to assure you that the American government is stable and everything is going to be okay,” Milley told him in the first call, according to the book. “We are not going to attack or conduct any kinetic operations against you.”
“If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise,” Milley reportedly said.
Selections from the book, which is set to be released next week, were first reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday.
The second call was meant to placate Chinese fears about the events of Jan. 6. But the book reports that Li wasn’t as easily assuaged, even after Milley promised him, “We are 100 percent steady. Everything’s fine. But democracy can be sloppy sometimes.”
Milley believed the president suffered a mental decline after the election, agreeing with a view shared by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a phone call they had Jan. 8, according to officials.
Pelosi had previously said she spoke to Milley that day about “available precautions” to prevent Trump from initiating military action or ordering a nuclear launch, and she told colleagues she was given unspecified assurances that there were longstanding safeguards in place.
Milley, according to the book, called the admiral overseeing the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the military unit responsible for Asia and the Pacific region, and recommended postponing upcoming military exercises. He also asked senior officers to swear an “oath” that Milley had to be involved if Trump gave an order to launch nuclear weapons, according to the book.
