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.
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.
It makes total sense if the good general is covering all his bases with an eye to his post DoD career.
Unless Mattis is a complete idiot (and I don't think he is), something else is at work.
And the only thing that can be in these particular cases is that he is attempting to confound the enemy by sending false overtures to them.
Trump has done the same thing on several occasions.