I thought Mattis was a great pick for SecDef, and I based it on a couple of books I had read and a few interviews I had seen him in long before he was even being considered.
I was terribly disappointed when he came all out for open homosexuality and support of transsexuals in the military, and realized I had to be utterly wrong about him.
If any of this is true, he is far, far worse than I had ever imagined him being. I am shocked and astonished. I know I shouldn’t be, given what I have seen up to now, but this...
Exactly my thoughts. I was beside myself with joy when he picked Mattis- but shortly after I read a long and disturbing piece about his connection to Theranos and started getting uneasy. That never went away and he turned out to be a HUGE disappointment.
Still- I hope this isn’t true- it’s frightening. Woodward embellishes- I hope that’s the case here.
Mattis turned out to be a modern-version of Douglas MacArthur.