Mattis served in the Persian Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War, each effort completely & totally unnecessary, not to mention wildly damaging to America. But go ahead and make the Bushie case for these wars if you care to.
Again, says you. You, with zero geopolitical experience, zero overseas experience, and no time in uniform.
Which makes your opinions worth zero.
I strongly disagree. If you believed Iraq conquering its neighbors; Al-Qaeda attacking America; and Saddam developing WMDs were bad for America you wouldn't make such a preposterous statement.
You sound like an Anti-American Leftist or at least one of their dupes.
As for the lives lost during these wars...
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“Persian Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War”
You are an Appeaser, plain and simple.
Further, you don’t know your history.
Only one of hose wars can be debated as to being “completely unnecessary”,
Afghanistan is where AQ launced the attack on 9/11 from. It was in our national interest to respond.
Persian Gulf War where Iraq invaded an ally who has strategic Oil would effect price of oil and it was a 1939 style invasion by one country against another. Read your Appeasement History...peace in our time, Mr Neville Chamberlain?