Fiona Hill: Not an ‘Overstatement’ By Milley that Jan. 6th Was a ‘Dress Rehearsal’

BRENNAN You know in ░░░░░░░░ book Peril Robert Costa ░░░░░░░░ Bob Woodward wrote the ░░░░░░░░ of the Joint Chiefs ░░░░░░░░ Staff Mark Milley at ░░░░░░░░ end of it is ░░░░░░░░ as comparing the January ░░░░░░░░ siege of the Capitol ░░░░░░░░ The Great Dress Rehearsal ░░░░░░░░ re a Russia analyst ░░░░░░░░ Exactly BRENNAN you know ░░░░░░░░ what that phrase is ░░░░░░░░ is what Lenin called ░░░░░░░░ uprising that preceded the ░░░░░░░░ I read that and ░░░░░░░░ said Dear God HILL ░░░░░░░░ BRENNAN I mean he ░░░░░░░░ General is saying that ░░░░░░░░ is a precursor potentially ░░░░░░░░ further violence Is this ░░░░░░░░ things in a historical ░░░░░░░░ HILL He s not ░░░░░░░░ it at all because ░░░░░░░░ mean we all saw ░░░░░░░░ real time what happened ░░░░░░░░ January 6th at the ░░░░░░░░ Building and General Milley ░░░░░░░░ absolutely right Any student ░░░░░░░░ history but any observer ░░░░░░░░ even American politics over ░░░░░░░░ last decade I mean ░░░░░░░░ have we seen something ░░░░░░░░ this before We haven ░░░░░░░░ Not in our lifetimes ░░░░░░░░ ve seen episodes you ░░░░░░░░ particularly during the Civil ░░░░░░░░ Movement and of course ░░░░░░░░ Vietnam where there were ░░░░░░░░ But storming the Capitol ░░░░░░░░ of the United States ░░░░░░░░ mean this is exactly ░░░░░░░░ thing that you think ░░░░░░░░ in historical revolutions storming ░░░░░░░░ Bastille during the French ░░░░░░░░ storming the Winter Palace ░░░░░░░░ the Russian Revolution that ░░░░░░░░ Milley was alluding to ░░░░░░░░ as he was saying ░░░░░░░░ ve seen many historical ░░░░░░░░ where there is violence ░░░░░░░░ discount it they think ░░░░░░░░ this is just a ░░░░░░░░ occurrence You know Vice ░░░░░░░░ Pence has been downplaying ░░░░░░░░ even though he would ░░░░░░░░ been targeted He was ░░░░░░░░ They wanted to lynch ░░░░░░░░ And then you know ░░░░░░░░ sweeping this away saying ░░░░░░░░ happened here And the ░░░░░░░░ time around you get ░░░░░░░░ real thing where people ░░░░░░░░ do seize those major ░░░░░░░░ And I said that ░░░░░░░░ in the book that ░░░░░░░░ was in effect a ░░░░░░░░ rehearsal for something that ░░░░░░░░ be happening near term ░░░░░░░░ 2022 2024 We ve ░░░░░░░░ election cycles here that ░░░░░░░░ heighten the tensions And ░░░░░░░░ people start talking about ░░░░░░░░ once the threshold is ░░░░░░░░ we re in a ░░░░░░░░ zone.”