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Mattis as defense secretary: What it means for us, the military, and for Trump
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:31 pm
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described him as “a tough-minded realist, someone who’d rather have tea with you than shoot you, but is happy to end the conversation either way.”
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Mattis is against isolationism and a fan of what he calls “continued American engagement in the world.” He also believes that “compromise[is] … a fundamental necessity at the heart of democratic government.” (Warning to Pentagoners: Mattis also is anti-PowerPoint, which he says “makes us stupid.”)
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Having Mattis run the Defense Department would put the Marines in their most powerful position ever — they’d have the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman Joint Chief of Staff, and the commandant. If I were the Army I’d hunker down and plan for the future for a few years
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As I’ve said before, even in retirement, Mattis having worn four stars will outrank Lieutenant General Flynn’s retired three stars. Mattis also is far smarter, and better educated, than Flynn. That will help contain Flynn
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Who would have thought that the best thing for one’s career was to be pushed out by the White House? That’s effectively true of David Petraeus as well. Now he reportedly is being considered for secretary of State. If he is tapped, that will mean that one of Trump’s first act is to give high positions to three generals pushed out by Obama’s White House
This post was edited on 11/21/16 at 5:38 pm
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Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:32 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Mattis is against isolationism and a fan of what he calls “continued American engagement in the world.
frick that.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:32 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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the commandant.
The Commandant is always a marine, jarhead.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:36 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Anti- power point
frick yea I like this guy
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:36 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Most of all, I would say, Mattis is meditative. In reviewing the case of Lieutenant Colonel Allen West, an Army artillery battalion commander who fired a handgun next to the ear of a detainee he was interrogating, Mattis wrote, “this shows a commander who has lost his moral balance or watched too many Hollywood movies.” (After leaving the Army, West went on to become a one-term Republican congressman from Florida and then, of course, a Fox news commentator.)
I took so much shite for saying West was a turd. Suck it.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:37 pm to Ace Midnight
I didn't write the article army boy
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:38 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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I didn't write the article army boy
Aren't you an Army boy as well?
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:39 pm to MrCarton
quote:Not a fan of AW. Period.
I took so much shite for saying West was a turd. Suck it.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:39 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
FWIW, these two implications are historically at odds with each other without an explanation of why he favors the latter:
Most American foreign policy leaders of the last century have not been realists, but they have all favored American engagement (the Nixon and Eisenhower administrations being the most glaring exceptions). Unlike a realist, they embrace a messianic foreign policy that sees the spread of American ideals as a necessity for global peace.
I do like Mattis, however, and I believe that he is the right man for the job. I would like to know more about how he, himself, views the coming hegemonic order (and America's place in it) of the next few decades
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“a tough-minded realist,
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“continued American engagement in the world.”
Most American foreign policy leaders of the last century have not been realists, but they have all favored American engagement (the Nixon and Eisenhower administrations being the most glaring exceptions). Unlike a realist, they embrace a messianic foreign policy that sees the spread of American ideals as a necessity for global peace.
I do like Mattis, however, and I believe that he is the right man for the job. I would like to know more about how he, himself, views the coming hegemonic order (and America's place in it) of the next few decades
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:40 pm to Wolfhound45
That's Grandstanding Allen West to you, punk.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:40 pm to upgrayedd
quote:Negative he is a head of jar.
Aren't you an Army boy as well?
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:42 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Tru
Damn, thought this was about No Limit
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:42 pm to Jbird
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Negative he is a head of jar.
Pretty sure he's in the National Guard
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:42 pm to upgrayedd
quote:He is semi-Army. He is DoD identity conflicted right now. Give him space.
Army
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:43 pm to upgrayedd
quote:Marine that went to the ANG for a spell. Can't keep up with his movements it appears Wolf has the latest intel.
Pretty sure he's in the National Guard
This post was edited on 11/21/16 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:45 pm to TigerPride10
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the coming hegemonic order
Under what hegemon?
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:45 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
As a general (pardon the pun) policy, I have long been opposed to having a former high-ranking military officer as the Secretary of Defense simply because it blurs the line between military and civilian leadership. Civilian leadership should always be above military leadership.
However, in General Mattis' case, I think he might be an exception to my general rule.
However, in General Mattis' case, I think he might be an exception to my general rule.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:46 pm to Wolfhound45
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He is DoD identity conflicted right now.
This is truePosted on 11/21/16 at 12:48 pm to TigerPride10
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I do like Mattis, however, and I believe that he is the right man for the job. I would like to know more about how he, himself, views the coming hegemonic order (and America's place in it) of the next few decades
I think the coming hegemonic order will be, by definition, not hegemonic.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 12:48 pm to boosiebadazz
quote:Considering I went further than he did, and have not faced a court-martial, I will just call him Allen.
That's Grandstanding Allen West to you, punk.
Fair enough?
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