Don't ever try to second guess this POTUS.
To put paid: Gen Mathis thinks that there are moderates and jihadis - two separate and distinct brands of Islam. With that, there is obviously no way the Second Islamic War will draw to a favorable conclusion for the West - Just words and business as usual until the inevitable major defeat of the West ... again.
Was Michael Ledeen a big supporter of Iraq War and many more “regime changes”? That’s what my memory tells me. If that’s so, why should I care what he says - except to be worried someone in power might listen to him?
POTUS strategy is simple, let the Mad Dog eat.
“Strategic Patience.”
This, from Obama who decided to have a new “Strategic Restraint” award in the military.
Trump needs to throw out every military strategy devised by Bush and Obama. Throw the JAG lawyers to the front lines as cannon fodder and let the front line troops decide, for them, the rules of engagement. Go in, and win.