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James Mattis’s Letter of Resignation
The Atlanitc ^ | 12/20/18 | Mattis

Posted on 12/20/2018 4:38:48 PM PST by central_va

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To: Valin

He’s free to disagree. But I’ve never seen an EFF-U letter like that from a future former cabinet memver.


101 posted on 12/20/2018 6:30:40 PM PST by bfkirk
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To: ALPAPilot

Oh, you play dirty! Quoting George Washington, the most decent man to ever grace the presidency, to demonstrate how far away from our founding we have drifted. A man King George III himself called “the greatest man in the world!”

Great post.


102 posted on 12/20/2018 6:33:13 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: central_va

To many Marines, Mattis was almost the second coming of Chesty Puller. Someone in the swamp got to him.


103 posted on 12/20/2018 6:36:17 PM PST by real saxophonist (Parris Island, Class of '89.)
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To: CincyRichieRich
Pardon Flynn, offer it to Flynn.

Only with VP Pence's wholehearted approval.

104 posted on 12/20/2018 6:47:13 PM PST by frog in a pot ("Islam - a totalitarian ideology masquerading as a religion bent on world domination." -Admiral Lyon)
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To: Mr. Mojo

May I ask what business did he have meddling in Paris climate change and all these ridiculous things that are outside his purview of authority as SecDef?

Sounds like insubordination to me.

Maybe there was a good reason Obama had him in charge in Afghanistan.


106 posted on 12/20/2018 6:54:14 PM PST by poconopundit
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To: frog in a pot

Why? Pence is the snake who falsely claimed he was lied to.

The Ambassador asked Flynn to discuss the Obama sanctions. Flynn said no, and that it would have to remain a topic for a future date and moved on.

When asked later, he honestly said that he did not discuss sanctions with the Russian ambassador. In Neocon Pence world, saying “we cannot discuss sanctions” is in itself, discussing sanctions. So zippy Pence rushes to Face the Nation and claims he was lied to. This put Trump in the impossible position that to support Flynn, he would have to call his veep a liar.

His goal was to get Flynn gone so he could bring in the McMaster wing and change Trump’s foreign policy goals.

Snake in the grass. Pence is to Trump, what Bush was to Reagan.


107 posted on 12/20/2018 6:54:59 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Globalist Lap Dog Mattis


108 posted on 12/20/2018 6:57:21 PM PST by poconopundit
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To: bfkirk

That’s the point — the disloyal letter!


109 posted on 12/20/2018 7:03:01 PM PST by poconopundit
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To: nicollo
"I thought the Opus was banned on FR."


110 posted on 12/20/2018 7:16:50 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: Yellow vest

The Mattis selection was a horrible selection. Trump listened to deep state advisors that he will never listen to again.

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I recall long discussions about Afghanistan before Trump relented on continuing America’s involvement there.

No doubt, Mattis, who once commanded US forces in that country wanted to keep America there.

So it’s no surprise that today we hear Trump is reducing the military in Afghanistan by 50%. Mattis didn’t meet his deadlines and objectives in that country and Trump gave his his papers.

It’s curious that Trump did not credit Mattis for the ISIS victories on his watch.


111 posted on 12/20/2018 7:17:36 PM PST by poconopundit
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To: central_va

The idiot is a deep state liberal. He wants the US to be the world’s policeman while we American taxpayers pay for it all. Fact is, he is a typical Military Industrial Complex idiot that will do anything for the next massive military budget.

The world is loaded with liberals and he wants to appease them by having us provide their defense and pay for it all.

I didn’t like the jackass when he was selected.


113 posted on 12/20/2018 7:21:30 PM PST by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and America!.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

So this is likely what happened in that long back and forth over Afghanistan.

The Deep State kept not giving Trump what he wanted.

It was interesting reading your analysis of way options are presented. I would be very surprised if Trump fell for that trap.


114 posted on 12/20/2018 7:22:44 PM PST by poconopundit
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To: central_va

No nation, like no man, is indispensable on God’s green earth. May God save America to wield us for his glorious and awful will.


115 posted on 12/20/2018 7:25:58 PM PST by Theophilus (Make America Grateful Again)
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To: Midwesterner53

He’d be excellent IMO.


116 posted on 12/20/2018 7:26:22 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: central_va

What a dick.

Have some class:

Just resign and say you “want to spend more time with your family.”


117 posted on 12/20/2018 7:33:40 PM PST by JPJones (More tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: proust

[He was supposed to be the reincarnation of Patton. Screwed over the Haditha Marines. His fan base only cared that he said cool one liners.]


He talked tough. When it came time to deliver for the young men under his command, he delivered them to the wolves. I understand the media loves his shtick. Just another reason why while I largely agree with him on Syria and Afghanistan, I’ll be glad to see him go. A leader who doesn’t protect the men under him doesn’t deserve a battlefield command, let alone head up Defense.


118 posted on 12/20/2018 7:40:33 PM PST by Zhang Fei (They can have my pitbull when they pry his cold dead jaws off my ass.)
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To: poconopundit

Between Mattis and Flynn, I’d say one of the biggest lessons Trump learned in two years is that his unhealthy fixation on military men simply did not serve him well at all.


119 posted on 12/20/2018 7:49:01 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("I'm a cool dude in a loose mood! Hey -- two ginger ales for my girls!")
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To: Midwesterner53

[He is an Obama General who should have never been in that position.]


Mattis got his fourth star under Dubya in 2007.


120 posted on 12/20/2018 7:49:48 PM PST by Zhang Fei (They can have my pitbull when they pry his cold dead jaws off my ass.)
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