Did the Media Care When Obama Fired General Mattis?

American Thinker ^ | December 23, 2018 | Daniel John Sobieski

[artichokegrower]

Defense secretaries come and go. President Obama had four of them in eight years, who had some unkind things to say about his leadership or lack of it. There was no talk of chaos or of the only adult in the room leaving.

[artichokegrower]

House Speaker-designate Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she was "shaken and "concerned". "General Mattis was a comfort to many who were concerned about the path the Trump Admin would choose to take. His resignation letter is defined by statements of principle – principles that drove him to leave the Administration. All of us should be concerned at this time."

If Pelosi is worried I am comforted.

[Retain Mike]

I sent this Letter to the Editor on the subject.

From: Retain Mike Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 9:47 AM To: World Letters (mailbag@worldmag.com) Subject: James Mattis Resignation

James Mattis shares the dilution of the previous administration that sent U.S. ground forces into two tiny enclaves in Syria. The U.S. Naval Institute article titled “Senators Quiz Military Leaders on U.S. Forces in Syria after ISIS” is interesting, because of the map presenting areas controlled by various armed factions. This colorful crazy quilt identifies Syrian Kurds and Aligned Forces, Syrian Government Forces, Islamic State Forces, Syrian Opposition Forces, Turkish Military Backed Forces, and some white areas for which evidently no one can hazard a guess. Remote from each other are two tiny circles labeled U.S./Coalition Military. The map does not account for Israeli airstrikes and threatened Turkish offensives into Syria against the Kurds. What an endless array of possible permutations for factions to fight each other with our handful of troops in the midst.

I wonder how one could have divined any meaningful level of involvement in the face of such turmoil? A comprehensive ceasefire seems remote. Even if achieved, then where do you find the diplomatic skills needed to sort out the combatants into peaceful agrarian villages like you see on Star Trek? If Mattis considers that is an imperative for U.S. foreign policy, then we are well rid of him.

James Mattis resigns as defense secretary https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-mattis-resigns-as-defense-secretary-today-12-20-2018/

Senators Quiz Military Leaders on U.S. Forces in Syria after ISIS https://news.usni.org/2018/03/13/senators-quiz-military-leaders-u-s-forces-syria-isis?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=4be94c77a1-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-4be94c77a1-230377553&mc_cid=4be94c77a1&mc_eid=d1b7ba249a

[joma89]

The leftist media in this country is the enemy. It is just endless propaganda.

JoMa

[hanamizu]

If you remember, Obama didn’t need an “adult in the room”, he was the “god in the room”—which strikes me as being somewhat blasphemous.

[minnesota_bound]

I saw part of NBC news yesterday and they were over the top concerned. Fake concern. I guess those millions they make take the place of their souls.

[plain talk]

Two years is a long time in that job much less to work for Trump. The MSM will use it as an opportunity to spew propaganda and agitate.

[Secret Agent Man]

Media spin on obama - everything he did was cool and legal and actively defended him on everything he did

media spin on Trump - everything he does or wants to do is illegal, evil and actively attacks everything he does

[SaveFerris]

[The leftist media in this country is the enemy. It is just endless propaganda.]

Yes, the Fourth Estate is now a Democrat Fifth Column.