General Jim (Mad Dog) Mattis on the Nature of War

YouTube ^ | 19 February, 2016 | Hoover Institute

[Billthedrill]

General James (Mad Dog) Mattis was interviewed at the Hoover Institute in this February 2016 video. Topics include his views on geopolitics, political and military priorities within the American government, and the nature of warfare and the men who fight.

[Billthedrill]

This is the man who will be nominated to be the Secretary of Defense. There has been quite enough speculation concerning his nature and philosophy - let's hear it from the man himself. It's a 40 minute vid and well worth the time.

[Billthedrill]

A clickable link.

[Red_Devil 232]

For later

[NKP_Vet]

I read somewhere he can’t stand the moniker “Mad dog”. Only behind his back is it used.

[Always A Marine]

This is an excellent interview, and I have shared it with others as an insight into the brilliant mind of General Mattis. He is a learned and studious man with an encyclopedic knowledge of military history, coupled with a philospher’s understanding of its meanings. Mattis is a true warrior monk.

[pissant]

It was a good interview. Trump picked correctly

[Oldexpat]

I wonder if he and Trump will attend this years Army Navy game and which side they will sit on.