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Mattis: 'I Don't Understand' Speculation about Presidential Run
Military.com ^ | April 22,2016 | by Hope Hodge Seck

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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1 posted on 04/23/2016 2:17:41 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Well we certainly know who to blame for the Iran surrender.


2 posted on 04/23/2016 2:20:08 PM PDT by McGruff (Rush Limbaugh: Jeb Bush could mount a convention comeback)
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To: McGruff
"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."


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 !

3 posted on 04/23/2016 2:22:51 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: knarf

#%#$%ing liberals and establishment GOP have blood on their hands.


4 posted on 04/23/2016 2:25:07 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

Calling them “traitors” isn’t too harsh.


5 posted on 04/23/2016 2:26:53 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Hojczyk

So, does that mean, he’s not interested in being considered for president, or is he doing another PaulRyan tap dance?


6 posted on 04/23/2016 2:27:16 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Hojczyk

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?


7 posted on 04/23/2016 2:38:30 PM PDT by Mr. K (Trump / ???)
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To: Hojczyk
...40 years as a naval officer...

That's gonna raise a few hackles.
8 posted on 04/23/2016 2:40:12 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Give monthly. It's easy and virtually painless.)
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To: Hojczyk

Mad Dog is awesome.


9 posted on 04/23/2016 2:40:25 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Mr. K

Mad Dog Mattis was an amazing General in the USMC, look him up.


10 posted on 04/23/2016 2:41:43 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

cool- VP?


11 posted on 04/23/2016 2:42:53 PM PDT by Mr. K (Trump / ???)
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To: Mr. K

They probably want a more “sound” person for VP. He is very...direct.

I think he’s great, a true leader of men.


12 posted on 04/23/2016 2:45:16 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Hojczyk; EEGator

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

http://www.duffelblog.com/2013/12/general-mattis-crosses-potomac-100000-troops-president-senate-flee-city/


13 posted on 04/23/2016 3:36:29 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (When The Ballot No Longer Counts, The Ammo Box Does! What's In Your Ammo Box?(US Conservative)!)
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To: ComputerGuy

Technically that is what he is...


14 posted on 04/23/2016 4:02:32 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Hojczyk

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.


15 posted on 04/23/2016 4:10:27 PM PDT by Tours
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To: Hojczyk

We don’t need a General in the Oval Orifice. We need them in the battlefield. So says an Ike baby. ;-)


16 posted on 04/23/2016 4:12:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: Mr. K

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


17 posted on 04/23/2016 6:19:42 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: Mr. K

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.


18 posted on 04/23/2016 7:41:21 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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To: NormsRevenge

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.


19 posted on 04/23/2016 7:43:23 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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To: ComputerGuy

Naval Infantry perhaps.


20 posted on 04/23/2016 7:47:14 PM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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