I respect Marines. If they have their views, I respect their views even if I disagree, because they have earned that right as far as I am concerned. And I have mine.
I was a great admirer of Mattis, and was thrilled when he was selected for SecDef.
But he was all for open homosexuality in the military. Then he worked against Trump, which to me, is a cardinal sin for someone in his position.
You follow orders as SecDef.
Doesn’t mean you don’t speak your mind to your boss. And if your views are incompatible and you have to act contrary to your principles, you resign, you don’t sabotage.
I had a lot of respect for him, and I lost it all. All of it.
“ Doesn’t mean you don’t speak your mind to your boss.”
Nothing makes me as sick as this kind of lukewarm ignorant statement
He voiced his disagreement with the CIC as a subordinate to the world.
You make me sick