At least with Mattis, it’s acknowledged that the DOD ultimately will do its job, which is to follow policy.
McMaster as National Security Adviser is far more disastrous.
Unfortunately for all Trumps tough talk I see a policy vacuum from the WH and a willingness to let the DoD run the show and they are using the same script with a slight change in protagonists
When is Trump going to have the balls to meet Putin face to face instead of throwing GOP neocon scripted spit balls at Russia?