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Gen. Mattis to Receive Four-Star Nomination
North County Times ^
| Friday, September 7, 2007
| MARK WALKER
Posted on 09/08/2007 3:48:16 AM PDT by freema
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Mattis will become one of a small number of four-star generals in the Marine Corps. Efforts to reach him in Washington, where he has been in a series of meetings, were unsuccessful.
The appointment to the Joint Forces Command is expected to come as early as Nov. 1. `````````` It was not immediately clear how much longer Mattis will serve as the authority over the Haditha case and other cases involving allegedly unlawful slayings in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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posted on
09/08/2007 3:48:19 AM PDT
by
freema
To: 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; AirForceBrat23; Ajnin; ...
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posted on
09/08/2007 3:49:36 AM PDT
by
freema
(Thank you, Red!)
To: freema
Not good news, it could mean someone else will make the decisions on Haditha.
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posted on
09/08/2007 3:53:13 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
To: usmcobra
I don't follow the political or inner workings of military cadre', but .. is this a good guy or a bad guy?
What I mean is ... Jack traitor Murtha aside ... the assault on our warriors for doing their jobs must be facilitated by high ranking military men.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:05:23 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: knarf
Mattis is the ultimate good guy.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:08:34 AM PDT
by
SolidWood
To: knarf
He’s a Marine’s Marine. Taking him away from the case might ensure a conviction or at least a court martial.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:08:42 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
To: usmcobra; SolidWood
Thanx ... then, could/is this be a bribe to get him to back off?
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:15:02 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: knarf
...and just exactly how high does this thing go?
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:16:15 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: knarf
No bribe, he is being transfered out of the picture.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:16:45 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
To: usmcobra
It’s a nomination ... not necesarilly a promotion (yet) ... he can refuse it, can’t he?
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:21:33 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: knarf
He is being nominated for the rank but is appointed to the position.
He could refuse the appointment and the nomination then resign.
It’s a brilliant political move to take him out of the picture.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:32:54 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
To: usmcobra
That’s what I was thinking ... OK cobra ... keep us updated ... everything rises and falls on leadership ... and there sure is a push on, right now, to wrest leadership of America from the people, and the good guys of the people’s choice.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:43:12 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: usmcobra
Any scuttlebutt about likely successors?
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:59:43 AM PDT
by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines.com)
To: usmcobra
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:00:17 AM PDT
by
freema
To: RedRover
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:05:55 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
To: usmcobra
Is that automatic or does that also have to go through a nomination/confirmation process? (Interested, obviously, in who the new Convening Authority will be.)
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:16:29 AM PDT
by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines.com)
To: usmcobra
Is that automatic or does that also have to go through a nomination/confirmation process? (Interested, obviously, in who the new Convening Authority will be.)
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:16:36 AM PDT
by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines.com)
To: freema
Any Marine senior officer who has had any part in the sham prosecution of junior Marines should have their promotions frozen, at the very least. They have shown themselves to be politically correct hacks rather than warriors willing to lead men into combat. [Srew] up and move up. That still lives today I see.
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:19:23 AM PDT
by
Bulldawg Fan
(Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
To: RedRover
“Generally” that’s how it works, but you never know what could happen. I’ve seen new commanders show up out of nowhere.
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:19:39 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
To: freema
What?
Nobody has yet posted the pic of the general w/the caption to the effect that he likes killing, whatever???
Must be too early yet this morning...
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:40:12 AM PDT
by
gunnyg
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