re: Mattis Puts Trump’s Presidency in Peril

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“Our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and partnerships.”

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Then let those partners backfill in Syria and Afghanistan. Let those partners share evenly the costs in blood and treasure of defending what the "partnership" deems deserving of defense.

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“We must be resolute and unambiguous in our approach to those countries whose strategic interests are increasingly in tension with ours.”

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Mattis sees things in a US vs Russia context. That is unfortunate. Trump understands the real world context to be US vs China. In that regard he's been quite "resolute and unambiguous in his approach."