re: "Mad Dog" Mattis stepping down in February

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Good for Mattis, get your name as far away from this clusterfrick as possible. Sit back and watch it burn, then write your book.

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From his letter, it looks as if they simply exist on 2 different planes. Mattis's job is to keep military alliances together and Trump's job is to stop our allies from taking advantage of us so they don't have to help pay the bills. I'm sure Mattis is tired of having to answer for things that aren't his calls to make.