Posted on 04/23/2016 2:17:41 PM PDT by Hojczyk
"It's been going on for 15 months. Since coming back from overseas, this is more of a foreign country than the places overseas," he said. "I don't understand it. It's like America has lost faith in rational thought."
He declined to comment on the current field of candidates, saying that 40 years as a naval officer had ingrained in him an aversion to taking a partisan stance.
Congress, too, has failed, Mattis said. It had neglected to put in place "standby" economic sanctions to inflict if Iran did not keep its end of the nuclear deal, he said, and had not officially authorized use of military force against the Islamic State, which would send a clear message about American resolve in the region. Congress had also failed to increase intelligence funding for use against Iran, Mattis said.
"The bottom line on the American situation is that the next president is going to inherit a mess," he said. "That's the most diplomatic word for it."
Faced with declining influence in the Middle East and persistent hostility from Iran, Mattis said the U.S. must plan for the worst, addressing Iran's cyber and ballistic missile threat as well as its long-term nuclear aspirations. America needs to remain staunch in its policy and maintain strong communication with allies, regarding Iran not as a responsible nation state but as a "revolutionary cause devoted to mayhem," Mattis said.
"Worth more than 10 battleships or five armed divisions is a sense of American political resolve," he said.
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Well we certainly know who to blame for the Iran surrender.
I've been declaring this the problem with our vet suicides for over a year
They go over as warriors, are not allowed to BE warriors, and when they return, it's twilight zone
One major WTF !
#%#$%ing liberals and establishment GOP have blood on their hands.
Calling them “traitors” isn’t too harsh.
So, does that mean, he’s not interested in being considered for president, or is he doing another PaulRyan tap dance?
who the heck is this guy and why is anyone trying to introduce him as a presidential candidate?
Another trial balloon?
Is he good or bad? Should he be Trumps VP or military advisor?
Mad Dog is awesome.
Mad Dog Mattis was an amazing General in the USMC, look him up.
cool- VP?
They probably want a more “sound” person for VP. He is very...direct.
I think he’s great, a true leader of men.
For a funny tongue in cheek/fiction go to the link below to read how General led 100,000 troops to march against Washington DC
Technically that is what he is...
With all that’s going on domestically and in the world, Iran is the least of my worries.
The greatest threat to my well being, economic health and freedom resides inside of the Washington Beltway.
We don’t need a General in the Oval Orifice. We need them in the battlefield. So says an Ike baby. ;-)
who the heck is this guy and why is anyone trying to introduce him as a presidential candidate?
Another trial balloon?
Is he good or bad? Should he be Trumps VP or military advisor?
One of the Good Guys!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKIJKQRb53o
General Jim Mattis brings insight and clarity to the nature of war
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gen.+mattis+hoover
If I had to rate the candidates, all would be, on a scale of 1-10, clustered around 0.05.
Mattie would be about a 7. And that is without knowing his stance on anything.
He was a respected USMC general at a time when we needed one. Enough for me.
But he is right...it is all hot air. It is stupid rumor time.
Norms Revenge, even with zero political experience, he would be far, far, better than any of the ones being presented to us, in my opinion.
But it is all stupid fantasy anyway. Not real.
Naval Infantry perhaps.
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