Posted on 06/03/2020 3:36:10 PM PDT by McGruff
James Mattis, the esteemed Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump’s Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump’s performance as president. But he has now broken his silence, writing an extraordinary broadside in which he denounces the president for dividing the nation, and accuses him of ordering the U.S. military to violate the constitutional rights of American citizens.
“I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis writes. “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand—one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values—our values as people and our values as a nation.” He goes on, “We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.”
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Mattis acts as though he has never been trained in counter insurgency. He also speaks like a politician. A rat politician.
Another idiot coming out of the weeds!
You are too kind.
I agree 100%.. Your posts are always spot on!
I guess Mattis forgets that Washington had to put down the Whisky Rebellion!
Ex-Defense
This is why we call them an “EX”
...EVERY DIVORCED MAN KNOWS THIS
From what I have read and the little I have watched, it appears that CNN and MSNBC are stressing the “mostly peaceful” demonstrations. If people don’t live in a riot area and watch these channels, they won’t know what is really happening. The ability of the press to omit coverage is extremely powerful.
I guess General Kelly will be throwing his two cents of wisdom in as well.
“We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers”
Where the Hell has he been? What a jackass.
General Mattis, when you did nothing about the coup against President Trump, you showed your true colors. You do not stand for truth, justice, honest government, life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness. YOu are just like W and his equality for all, special privilege for none except for you and yours and him and his. You are just like The Third Way bent one Billyjeff Clinton and his Jezebel. President Trump tried to be friends with you and your kind. But you and your kind pursued him like he was a criminal running from the law. You were a turncoat all along. What a dishonorable Marine you turned out to be. Sad.
Soros, Clinton Foundation, and CCP would be my guesses.
Yeah, this whole thing is reminding me of that hysterical Blazing Saddles scene where those bigoted White railroad workers ended up making utter fools of themselves trying to get their sharper Black underlings to sing them a tune. Mel Brooks was brilliant!
Was Mattis asleep during Obama’s dictatorship? Mad dog is actually rabid.
Another Trump hire
This is a Color Revolution that’s underway - they want Trump out, by any means necessary - and their chances are pretty good.
“Now we know who has been advising Esper.”
Yep. This is not merely a coincidence.
And fire!
I can remember when he was a god on here. One disparaged him at one’s own risk.”Mad Dog” his affectionate moniker was.
Because high ranking conservatives prefer to have a positive impact on society.
Orange is the new Nixon.
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