Yep, he made a career out of shilling for DemonRats. In the military, he made colonel under Bubba Klinton and has been a shoe-shiner to progressives ever since. Bush was reasonably conservative from 2001-2004 but was soon turned. Mattis talks a good game but he’s a leftist shill.
Marines seem to be loyal to their branch of service above all else. Historically that has been drilled into them from the beginning due to the small size of the Marine Corps.
It’s obvious Trump’s Marine generals have decided being too closely attached to POTUS is not good for the long term of the Corps. I’m getting a little bit of a cultish feel here from Mattis’s defenders in their defense of Democrat enabling Mattis. Not good.
I started my military career as an enlisted Marine and I never felt a particular loyalty or devotion to any general officer. This did not change during the rest of my career as an AF officer.
I read a lot from Marines and former Marines, the younger ones in particular, who are aghast that this great leader was fired. They are woefully misled.
Mattis was a great combat leader and deserving of that title. He went through boot camp a short time after I did. He comes from a generation that understood what that oath meant. He put aside that understanding as he rose to the general ranks.
The overriding point is that in accordance with their oaths from private to general, they swear their allegiance and devotion to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Not any general, colonel, or captain. Their job is to implement the orders and decisions of the President, their Commander in Chief as specified in that Constitution.
Overall, I think most of the ranks in the military today understand that. If they don’t then they shouldn’t be there.
Mattis was out of line, more than once.