"I come in peace, I didn't bring artillery.
But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes:If you - - with me, I'll kill you all."
Marine General James Mattis, to Iraqi tribal leaders
We can't tell what is going on from out here in the boonies.
Mattis is a skilled warrior. He knows there is also a war going on in DC.
When you're draining the swamp, you don't tell the alligators what you are going to do or where you are going to be.
I could be wrong, of course, but having watched Trump for a very long time, I trust him to make the right decisions.
Trump understands full-well how to confound the enemy...so does Mattis.
"I come in peace, I didn't bring artillery.
But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes:If you - - with me, I'll kill you all."
Marine General James Mattis, to Iraqi tribal leaders
If what you say is factual, then why did he want to hire Patterson, a Muslim Brotherhood supporter who supported the overthrow of Morsi? And unless the article is entirely false, why does he want to hire a progressive who helped put together the Iran deal? It makes absolutely no sense at all.
