His support of James Mattis would make me really consider whether this is the right guy for the position.
This from the turd who announced he was going to vote for Hillary Clinton.
Now he talks.
Didn’t you publicly exclaim your love and your vote for Hillary Clinton Ralph? Brilliant strategist you are. I believe you said you were voting for Clinton to save the republic or some such.
“For the last sixteen years, we’ve seen civilians with no military experience launch ill-considered wars and impulsive interventions without considering the second- and third-order effects. Generals, by contrast, are reluctant to send our troops to war—they know the complexity and the cost.”
And they know how to win, if war is needed
FURP!!
General Mattis has a long list of military accomplishments, but I suspect that one of the experiences that cut deepest came in 2004, in Fallujah. After a week of brutal, successful combat his Marines stood within forty-eight hours of a clear-cut victory over a terrorist army. And the Bush administration lost its collective nerve, calling a halt just short of the finish line. I watched the tragedy unfold from northern Iraq, where I was a guest of the Kurds. And we all said the same thing to each other: “We’ll have to go back and finish this.” And we did have to go back, in less than a year.
Wow, I did not know that. Just like his father at the end of the Gulf War. Couldn’t finish the job when it was easy
Ralph Peters announced that he was voting for Hillary rather than Trump. I will never forget or forgive.
“too honest”
Not much of an argument IMO. We need all the honesty we can get as far as I’m concerned.
I knew Trump was going to make great picks but I’m blown away with this one. Choosing Mattis to run DoD tells me that ISIS is not long for this world.
Trump was evidently dead serious when he vowed to “knock the hell out of ISIS”.
I’m most impressed of all about Mattis’s 7,000 volume library. I have never known an avid reader to be anything less than excellent in anything they choose to do. Liberals collect books to display and put on coffee tables. Conservatives tend to actually read them.
I like Mattis and I also like Peters.
I know Peters endorsed Hillary Clinton and I was really surprised. Colonel Peters is the one who wrote, “When Devils Walk the Earth”, I think I will reserve judgement for now.
I’ll never ever understand Col. Peters decision to vote for Clinton but it shows that the Bible is right when it says professing to be wise they become fools.
Not interested in anything Ralph Peters has to say.
When it really counted, Peters supported Clinton.
He was exposed for who he truly is.
I hope the christmas story about him gets a lot of attention. It is so impressive.
The goal of Islam is world domination and the extermination of all non-Islamic peoples once that world domination is achieved.
This is just one genocide committed by Muslims/Islam in Turkey when they gained the upper hand . Muslims in Turkey exterminated 2 million Christian Armenians in 2 years starting in 2015
http://www.gendercide.org/case_armenia.html
Mad do Mattis does know Islam is political and the enemy.We need a mad dog against this enemy called Islam
4. Mattis grasps the true barbarity of radical Islam. At a 2015 congressional hearing, Mattis said, “The fundamental question I believe is, ‘Is political Islam in our best interest?’ If not, what is our policy to authoritatively support the countervailing forces?”
Some of his other quotes involving radical Islam include, per The Federalist:
“Gains achieved at great cost against our enemy in Afghanistan are reversible. We may not want this fight, but the barbarity of an enemy that kills women and children and has refused to break with al-Qaeda needs to be fought.”
“Having dealt with this enemy since 1979… we are up against an enemy that means what they say and we should not patronize them. When they say ‘girls don’t go to school’ you’re not going to talk them out of it… their views of the role of women, their views of modernity, their views of tolerance for people who think differently are fundamentally different than ours.”
http://www.dailywire.com/news/10939/7-things-you-need-know-about-potential-secretary-aaron-bandler
A good article by Ralph Peters on General Mattis’ qualifications to be Secretary of Defense. I agree with his points and have heard from a couple of retired USMC officers that Mattis is a ‘thinking general’ rather than a “mad dog.”
Who cares what this a$$hole Peters thinks? He supported Hillary and treated Trump as though he was a joke. Peters lacks any credibility.
Who cares what this quisling piece of crap has to say? peters can GF Himself!
Before the election, wasn’t Peters furiously peeing acid, grinding his teeth, and insisting that Hillary would be a better CoC than Mr Trump?
Can’t take this guy seriously anymore. A total Company Guy hack.
Is this guy still against soldiers carrying on military bases? Giant douche.