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  • The US Military is Committing Suicide

    07/23/2017 4:45:17 PM PDT · by pboyington · 37 replies
    US Defense Watch ^ | July 23, 2017 | Ray Starmann
    The US military is on an endless kamikaze run into oblivion, intent on destroying itself and seemingly unconcerned about putting the national security of this nation in peril. Yes, you heard it here. The leaders of the US military are so concerned with political correctness that they don’t give a damn about the defense of this nation. The latest bit of lunatic social engineering was reported by CNN yesterday. A woman will train with other potential officers this summer in hopes of becoming the first female Navy SEAL. The candidate, a midshipman, and another woman have enlisted as the first...
  • Asked for Update on Fight Against ISIS, SecDef Mattis Responds With 4 Words — Another Classic Quote

    07/21/2017 5:08:36 PM PDT · by ForYourChildren · 25 replies
    Independent Journal Review ^ | 07/21/2017 | Jason Howerton
    Secretary of Defense James Mattis was asked on Thursday to provide an update on the U.S. military’s fight against the Islamic State — and he responded with a quote that will surely be added to his list of classics: “We’re winning. They’re losing,” Mattis told a reporter. {..snip..}
  • AMERICA Prayer Vigil July 13, 2017 [Prayer]

    07/13/2017 12:28:43 AM PDT · by Albion Wilde · 26 replies
    https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=america%20prayer%20vigil | July 13, 2017 | APV prayer team
    Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE and AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. —1 John 5:14 Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Please join us in prayer.
  • Transgender Men in Women’s Showers Must Get ‘Dignity and Respect,’ Says U.S. Army

    07/08/2017 9:39:24 AM PDT · by PROCON · 99 replies
    breitbart ^ | July 7, 2017 | NEIL MUNRO
    Female soldiers must give “dignity and respect” to transsexual men who join them in their shared shower rooms, according to training manuals leaked by soldiers in a mandatory class. But this “dignity and respect” is a one-way street, according to the training slides, which were developed by officials working for former President Barack Obama. “Transgender Soldiers are not required or expected to modify or adjust their behavior based on the fact that they do not ‘match’ other Soldiers,” according to the slides, which were first leaked by TheFederalist.com:The insistence that women remain mute when a man enters their shower room...
  • Retired generals to Mattis: Don't delay accepting transgender recruits

    07/01/2017 2:22:16 AM PDT · by Eyes Unclouded · 78 replies
    The hill ^ | 6.27.2017 | Staff
    A trio of retired generals is urging Defense Secretary James Mattis not to delay accepting transgender recruits into the military after reports that the Pentagon chief was considering such a move. “Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has stated that he will make personnel decisions based on evidence about what best promotes force readiness,” retired Army Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy, retired Army Major Gen. Gale Pollock and retired Army Brig. Gen. Clara Adams-Ender wrote in a statement provided to The Hill.
  • Pentagon officially delays transgender troop enlistment policy

    06/30/2017 7:17:16 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 29 replies
    The Hill ^ | June 30, 2017 | Max Greenwood
    Defense Secretary James Mattis decided Friday to delay for six months a plan that would allow transgender people to enlist in the military, The Associated Press reported. In a memo, Mattis reportedly said that the six months would allow military leaders to ensure that the policy change will not disrupt the preparedness of the country's military forces. The Army and Air Force had previously asked the Defense Department for a two-year wait period before transgender individuals are allowed to enlist. Transgender people already serving in the military are currently allowed to do so openly, but no new recruits have been...
  • Trump's warning to Syria on chemical weapons worked, Jim Mattis says

    06/28/2017 7:53:06 AM PDT · by johnk · 35 replies
    washingtonexaminer.com ^ | Jun 28, 2017, 9:03 AM | by Jamie McIntyre
    ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday that the U.S. warning to Syria not to conduct a chemical attack on its own people appears to have been taken seriously by the Bashar Assad regime. "They didn't do it," Mattis told reporters on his plane as they flew from Germany to Belgium. "It appears they took the warning seriously." Mattis would not confirm or discuss on-the-record statements by a Pentagon spokesman that the U.S. had observed the movement of chemical munitions at the Shayrat airfield, the same airfield from which a Syrian warplane dropped deadly sarin...
  • Mattis irks leftist media with deadly competency: ‘We’re going to kill them all’ (ISIS)

    06/25/2017 5:41:03 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 46 replies
    washingtontimes.com ^ | L. Todd Wood
    U.S. retired general and Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, has said the policy of the American military now in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq is moving from one of attrition to one of annihilation. The Leftist media doesn’t like this so much. The Washington Post in particular yesterday was upset that Mattis is annihilating the terrorists so effectively. “A military policy run solely by the Pentagon creates confusion,” writes the Post. One reason the Left is upset is that having a warrior in charge of fighting a war shows how incompetent and purposefully feckless the Obama administration...
  • North Korea on the table as Jim Mattis, Rex Tillerson host Chinese leaders today

    06/21/2017 5:20:51 AM PDT · by huldah1776 · 13 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | June 21, 2017 | Jamie McIntyre, Travis Tritten
    US-CHINA TALKS: At the State Department today, the United States and China begin the first of what is expected to be a regular series of consultations dubbed the “U.S.-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue.” North Korea is expected to a major topic of discussion at the day-long event hosted by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, along with discussion of China’s military buildup and territorial claims in the South China Sea. Mattis and Tillerson are hosting Chinese foreign policy chief Yang Jiechi and Gen. Fang Fenghui, chief of the People’s Liberation Army’s joint staff department “This discussion...
  • Defense Secretary Mattis "shocked" by poor state of U.S. combat readiness

    06/12/2017 9:45:31 PM PDT · by blueplum · 54 replies
    CBS ^ | 12 June 2017 11:35pm
    WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis declared Monday that he was "shocked" upon his return to the Pentagon by the poor state of the U.S. military's readiness for combat. He put most of the blame on Congress for its inability to approve budgets on time or repeal a law that strictly limits defense spending. Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, Mattis said Congress has "sidelined itself from its active constitutional oversight role" by failing to deliver a steady stream of funding to pay for new weapons and other critical gear. "It has blocked new programs, prevented service growth, stalled...
  • A fun moment with Mad Mattis

    06/07/2017 1:21:05 AM PDT · by GraceG · 9 replies
    Here is apicture of General "Mad Dog" Mattis signing one of the "placeholder" posters of him they used for his picture until they could get an official picture of him
  • Mattis says U.S. committed to Asia-Pacific as allies seek clear policy

    06/03/2017 12:08:27 AM PDT · by blueplum
    Business Insider ^ | 02 June 2017 2:49am | Idress Ida
    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday the United States remains committed to its Asia-Pacific allies, as he headed to the region's premier defense and security forum. Mattis said that in a speech on Saturday to the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore he would talk about the "international order" needed for a peaceful Asia, a reference to countering North Korea's nuclear and missile program. "At the Shangri-la dialogue I will emphasize (that) the United States stands with our Asia-Pacific allies and partners," Mattis told reporters on the way to the regional security forum.
  • Mad Dog Mattis: “I Keep Other People Awake at Night”

    05/30/2017 5:45:49 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 10 replies
    Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | May 30, 2017 | Rush Limbaugh
    RUSH: Grab audio sound bite number four. This was yesterday on Slay the Nation. This is kind of in line with what I’m talking about, how the media perceives America. And, of course, in the media’s eyes (which is leftist), America is unjust, America is — in many ways — illegitimate. America is the problem in the world, as Angela Merkel so proved with her incisive can comment that (paraphrased) “I guess now we’re gonna have to totally rely on ourselves ’cause this idiot Trump isn’t gonna be looking out for us anymore.” That, of course, that makes us the...
  • What keeps James Mattis up at night?

    05/29/2017 7:58:35 AM PDT · by InvisibleChurch · 5 replies
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  • Mattis: ISIS Strategy Has Shifted to 'Annihilation'

    05/29/2017 5:55:19 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 70 replies
    newsmax.com ^ | Cathy Burke
    "We have already shifted from attrition tactics where we shove them from one position to another in Iraq and Syria, to annihilation tactics where we surround them." "Our intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to North Africa, to Europe, to America, to Asia, to Africa – we are not going to allow them to do so," he added. "We are going to stop them there and take apart the caliphate." He explained "attrition is where you keep pushing them out of the areas that they are in." "What we intend to do...
  • Mattis Gives Quote Of The Year When Asked What Keeps Him Awake At Night [VIDEO]

    05/29/2017 4:10:28 AM PDT · by afraidfortherepublic · 20 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | 5-28-17 | Chuck Ross
    Sec. of Defense James Mattis, known for his frank quotes about the realities of war, offered up a line befitting his nickname, “Mad Dog,” during an interview airing Sunday. “What keeps you awake at night?” CBS “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson asked Mattis. “Nothing,” a stonefaced Mattis responded. “I keep other people awake at night.” WATCH: (Video) Mattis’ remark is sure to join a long list of the former Marine general’s most memorable quotes. “When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look at him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend
  • Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 28 May 2017

    05/28/2017 4:23:41 AM PDT · by Alas Babylon! · 187 replies
    Various driveby media television networks ^ | 28 May 2017 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces
    The Talk Shows May 28th, 2017 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly; Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Bill Cassidy, R-La.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Kelly; Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.; former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.THIS WEEK (ABC): Kelly; Rep. Adam Schitf, D-Calif.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sens. Linda Graham, R-S.C., and Cory Booker, D-N.J.; Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago.
  • SECDEF MATTIS: WORKING TOWARD MERCILESS ANNIHILATION OF ISIS

    05/22/2017 7:36:02 PM PDT · by vannrox · 32 replies
    unclesamsmisguidedchildren.com ^ | 20MAY17 | Faye Higbee
    SecDef Mattis: Working Toward Merciless Annihilation of ISIS By Faye Higbee Posted May 20, 2017 People have asked about the Pentagon’s strategy for defeating ISIS. On Friday, SecDef Mattis responded: “merciless annihilation.” (Which is totally a Mattis response.) The Pentagon is looking to stop ISIS fighters from scattering like cockroaches back to other countries after they lose their caliphate. He stood shoulder to shoulder with General Joseph Dunford, and Presidential Envoy to the ISIS Coalition Brett McGurk to explain the strategy to the Pentagon Press Corps. “The foreign fighters are the strategic threat should they return home to Tunis, to...
  • Sec James Mattis: Trump’s Orders Will ‘Annihilate’ Islamic State

    05/20/2017 8:56:33 AM PDT · by Helicondelta · 46 replies
    breitbart.com ^ | 19 May 2017
    Defense Secretary James Mattis on Friday provided an update on the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, including on two significant changes President Trump has authorized that will accelerate progress and defeat the terrorist group. First, James Mattis said, Trump has authorized him to delegate more decision-making authority down to U.S. commanders who are on the ground with Iraqi and Syrian partners fighting ISIS, to speed up the program. “No longer will we have slowed decision cycles because Washington D.C. has to authorize tactical movements on the ground. I have absolute confidence as does the president, our...
  • US Defense Secretary says dialogue with Turkey to continue despite disagreement on Syrian Kurds

    05/12/2017 11:32:36 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 4 replies
    ARA News ^ | May 12, 2017 | Wladimir van Wilgenburg
    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) among supporters. File photo US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said on Thursday that the United States will continue extensive dialogue with Turkey despite disagreements just after the decision became public that the US would arm the Syrian Kurds.The Turkish government has been very concerned about the ongoing cooperation between the US-led coalition and the Syrian Kurds, and the recent decision of the Trump administration to arm the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). “We had very open discussion with the Turks.  It’s a NATO ally, and NATO allies stick...