As a retired veteran, I think a person owes their commander honesty and loyalty. It’s OK to not agree with the boss. One is obligated, however, to bring up those disagreements and state one’s case. Once the final decision is made, it’s up to the subordinate to carry out the commander’s policies to the absolute best of one’s ability.
This is where I have a problem with Mattis. From his resignation, it sounds like he fundamentally disagrees with the CINC on major issues. It also appears he slow walked Trump’s policies for the last two years (although I don’t have proof of that). If one cannot carry out the boss’s wishes to the best of one’s abilities, resign and get out of the way.
An honorable person, I think, wouldn’t even take the job in the first place if they knew, as Mattis should have, that they didn’t agree with what Trump campaigned on. Americans are tired of being Team America World Police, and Trump promised to end all these foreign wars and police actions.
All you have to do is research Mattis’ resistance and deliberate foot dragging on ending trannies in uniform and discharging those who are already in. Lots of whining about ‘protecting the rights of our transsexual service members’. Mattis has been brainwashed by the K Street Beltway establishment. What ever the Wa Po says is gospel.
Thanks. Your thoughts this are in line with what I am thinking too. I’ve noticed that Trump can get under people’s skin like few others. What isn’t noticed as much is how he gets people to reveal much about their true character, more than any politician I’ve seen before. Over the last two years that has been a real eye opener for me.
Pffffffft.