Is 'Mad Dog' General James Mattis Retiring? Here's 19 Unforgettable Quotes

Business Insider ^ | 22JAN13 | Geoffrey Ingersoll and Paul Szoldra

[OzarkSailor]

Both the left and the right are wrong about Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis. He is neither the Jack Nicholson caricature of a Marine depicted in the 1992 movie A Few Good Men nor the callous and mad eccentric depicted by George C. Scott in the 1970 movie Patton.

And Gen. Mattis didn’t just talk the talk; he walked the walk. He led from the front. Indeed, on at least one occasion that I know of, the General was bloodied from a firefight or improvised explosive device while out on patrol with junior, enlisted Marines one-third his age. That’s what makes Gen. Mattis such a great warrior: He truly respects and cares for his Marines.

“Guardiano,” he told me, “I don’t give a damn about the officers. If they don’t like what they’re doing, they can get on a plane and leave the Corps — go back where they came from. But I do care deeply about those 18- and 19-year-old Lance Corporals out on the frontlines.”

[NonValueAdded]

callous and mad eccentric???

[ogen hal]

The great nobama continues his purge of warriors. Semper fi, General.

[donmeaker]

MG Fredricks of US Army had 8 purple hearts. He commanded 1st Special Service Brigade, as well as 45th Division and Military Assistance Group, Greece.

They made a movie about that first unit: The Devil’s Brigade

[ClearCase_guy]

The citizen army continues to swell its ranks with experienced warriors who love this country.
And the professional army continues to accumulate a burden of politically correct REMF.

[Lancey Howard]

(( ping ))

[Yosemitest]

To all Christians in the military now.

Get out NOW, or become the enemy!

"The second amendment to the US Constitution does not guarantee our right to bear arms,"

If that isn't the most stupid statement I've every read, I don't know what is!
The Second Amendment to the US Constitution DOES not GUARANTEE OUR RIGHT TO BEAR arms !
Read it again, and get a better education!

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,
THE RIGHT of THE PEOPLE to keep AND BEAR ARMS, shall NOT be infringed."

Many of us will KILL to defend that RIGHT !
You got that?

[Lancey Howard]

"But I do care deeply about those 18- and 19-year-old Lance Corporals out on the frontlines.”

It's a shame General Mattis sullied his own reputation so badly by allowing the Haditha prosecution to railroad a lot of heroic young Marines off the battlefield and out of the Corps for political purposes. He had a chance to stop it.

[Girlene]

I read about this earlier....thanks, Lancey.

[Saoirise]

He sure did, what goes around comes around.

Can't believe it will be a whole year on Friday since Frank’s trial ended.

It’s unconscionable as to what they put those Haditha Marines through!

[Wasichu]

From another article:

Report: Obama Ousting CENTCOM Chief Mattis
BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
January 20, 2013 2:49 pm

“Word on the national security street is that General James Mattis is being given the bum’s rush out of his job as commander of Central Command, and is being told to vacate his office several months earlier than planned,” reports veteran national security correspondent Thomas E. Ricks.

More on this story here:
http://freebeacon.com/report-obama-ousting-centcom-chief-mattis/

[444Flyer]

More like he is “being retired” by Mohamobama.

[Gene Eric]

>> It’s a shame General Mattis sullied his own reputation so badly by allowing the Haditha prosecution to railroad a lot of heroic young Marines

Bump!

[Scoutmaster]

""Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."

"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."

[smoothsailing]

The taint of UCI while Mattis was convening authority in the Haditha matter will never rub off.

http://198.173.125.24/TheyAreNotKillers/PressRelease/DefendOurMarines-LtColChessani052108.htm

[Georgia Girl 2]

I believe Stalin got rid of all his generals too.

[xzins]

A man should not be defined by one set of decisions. That wouldn’t be fair. However, Haditha looms large.

The price of that bowl of pottage was acceptance by the political elite within DoD, and it is that same elite that is responsible for Mattis’ demise, if some stories are believed.

Listening to McChrystal on TV with Hannity, and carefully considering his “all carefulness responses” in some instances, and his acknowledgement he voted for Obama in 2008, I’d say that McChrystal is another Wesley Clark. It really surprises me because his brother, a retired Chaplain and acquaintance during one tour of mine, was such a truly conservative Christian.

I wonder how much of his soul that Mattis had to sell, because he sold some of it over Haditha.

[jazusamo]

Completely agree with the both of you. Especially this:

I wonder how much of his soul that Mattis had to sell, because he sold some of it over Haditha.

[OzarkSailor]

Im not sure what your are implying by your below statement.

“To all Christians in the military now.
Get out NOW, or become the enemy!”

[Yosemitest]

Obama, the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF, has place people in charge of the military who despise the military, and are actively destroying the military.
Christians cannot and MUST NOT be against our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
In order to stay in the military, you must accept and follow your superiors orders, if they are lawful.
However most of Obama's are are NOT lawful, but most of the troops can't afford to fight an UNLAWFUL order.
Obama is now making it a weeding point that you must say you will pull the trigger against United States Citizens, in order to stay in the military.
A Christian cannot stay in the military under those conditions, and Obama knows it.

Read You might start the fight…but we sure will finish it .. By a Soldier, LT.
and A Time to Kill.
Also read Romans 1:16-32 and Leviticus 20:13.
If you don't begin to understand after that, you NEVER WILL!

Those who support homosexuals are against our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
These anti Christ people only bring destruction on us ALL.
I have NO sympathy for homosexuals!

Homosexuality is a "Mark" of disobedience.

It was given by our Heavenly Father to test us
to see ... if we will OBEY our Heavenly Father,
and abide by His commandments, statues, and ordinances.

Someone once asked

"Why are they [homosexuals] all so angry?"

The answer is in the definition of "REPROBATE".

rep·ro·bate \ˈre-prə-ˌbāt\ a. [L. reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.]

1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.


Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. 6.




2. Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.

They profess that they know God, but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Titus 1.

3. Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2Tim. 3.

And the reason"why" is given in the Bible.

God has a cure for homosexuals.

But will we OBEY our Heavenly Father?