tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post839222274847305961..comments2023-09-16T03:06:44.703-07:00Comments on III Percent: General Mattis Considered for SecDefUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-66468246827570166902016-11-21T08:37:10.449-08:002016-11-21T08:37:10.449-08:00"I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. B..."I come in peace. <b><i>I didn’t bring artillery.</i></b> But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all."<br /><br />I believe that most people utterly fail to understand the context and significance of this statement. It was 2006; the Iraqi war was over 3 years in-process, and was not going well; <b>Mattis withdrew all Marine artillery and armor from Iraq, sending it out of country <i>against every recommendation,</i> and he chose the above words to be translated into Arabic and Persian, and delivered to every combatant - by radio, by leaflet drop, and even by messenger.</b><br /><br /><b>Mattis was actually trying to de-escalate the war in Iraq - in 2006 -</b> and without much support from the DC crowd, either. <br /><br />He was doing it because he knew - <b>he saw what was happening, how the violence in Iraq was metastasizing into a permanent state of chaotic violence <i>where a few very evil men could easily rule, and even conquer, indefinitely.</i></b> He saw the egg which would hatch into ISIS and was trying to prevent it.<br /><br />In short, Mattis saw the coming of a new <b>dark age</b> in the mid-east, and was trying to prevent it's coming. And -- had the US and UN establishment supported him --- it probably would have worked. But the industrial-war-machine would not allow peace to be approached seriously.<br /><br />This man needs to be either Sec.Def or Sec.State, I honestly don't know which position his vision, grim determination, and resolve are more usefully applied in. Bu I bet if you asked him, he'd give you his honest opinion.<br /><br />/LTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-68273782106327738222016-11-20T09:44:39.634-08:002016-11-20T09:44:39.634-08:00Agreed. Gen. Mattis is a hardcore dude. Knows hi...Agreed. Gen. Mattis is a hardcore dude. Knows his stuff and has an amazingly grave level of determination to prevail, even under demoralizing circumstances. <br /><br />In a word, he's unshakable.<br /><br />/LTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-84067051157110974022016-11-19T15:28:07.437-08:002016-11-19T15:28:07.437-08:00thinkingman is with you on this one.The General wo...thinkingman is with you on this one.The General would quickly seek to reverse the "dumbing down' of the military that was the goal of the failed president B.O., and give us a competent fighting force again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com