Mattis Resigns

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“Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.” Mad Dog Mattis

 

[Meister]

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[theHawk]

I don't see the story on CNN.com.

Axios is saying that Mattis will retire at the end of February.

Defense Secretary James Mattis to retire in February

Is that what they call it these days? Retiring?

Wow, Trump is going to have to get someone else.

Perhaps Vladimir has a few suggestions for US Sec. of Defense?

So you would rather have neocons that want us to keep meddling in the Middle East?

 

[Lakhota]

Trump and his base will spin the hell out of this - but Mattis was forced out. FIRED.

 

[basquebromance]

caption this!

 

[g5000]

The former Supreme Allied Commander Europe was on the air this morning talking about how many active senior military are opposed to Trump's boneheaded withdrawal from Syria.

Traitor Trump is surrendering Syria to terrorists, Iran, and the KGB thug. Merry Christmas, Iran!

But what do you expect from a New York Democrat who wanted us to cut and run from Iraq?

"How do you get out? You get out! Declare victory and leave!"

 

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"We need a Secretary of Defense who’s a learned man. Someone with a doctorate. Someone who understands the Art of War, and adorns his car to that effect." - Joe Biden

 

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Mattis would "stand his post until relieved," says Ret. Col. Jack Jacobs. He did not quit, he was fired.

 

[Defiant1]

Trump and his base will spin the hell out of this - but Mattis was forced out. FIRED.

So what?

 

[Lakhota]

Mattis would "stand his post until relieved," says Ret. Col. Jack Jacobs. He did not quit, he was fired.

Exactly! He was fired.

 

[basquebromance]

"If Trump wanted to start wars, Mattis resignation would be a crisis. As it is, it’s one more hit to US credibility that’s been eroding for years, now more quickly under Trump." - Secretary Clinton

 

[basquebromance]

"Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius was one of the Secretary of Defense's favorite books. from it comes this relevant quote “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”

 

[CrusaderFrank]

"If Trump wanted to start wars, Mattis resignation would be a crisis. As it is, it’s one more hit to US credibility that’s been eroding for years, now more quickly under Trump." - Secretary Clinton

Who?

 

[basquebromance]

Mad Dog is the best general in the history of the world and he single handedly beat ISIS

 

[skews13]

Just reported on CNN...

CNN's Barbara Starr is currently reading his resignation letter. No matter how they spin it, Mattis was forced out - same as fired. Scary...

Washington (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will step down from his position early next year, President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening.

Trump announced Mattis' exit a day after his plans to withdraw troops from Syria became public, a decision that Mattis and the President's other top national security advisers opposed.

It was not immediately clear whether Mattis was ousted or whether he decided to retire, but his relationship with the President has frayed in recent months.

Trump announces Mattis leaving in February

He resigned. In a way that basically told him hes an idiot. The dotard crime syndicate is now in full meltdown. The results of a government run by Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh. The bright side of that is we get to watch those three assclowns go down with the ship.

 

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"If Trump wanted to start wars, Mattis resignation would be a crisis. As it is, it’s one more hit to US credibility that’s been eroding for years, now more quickly under Trump." - Secretary Clinton

Who?

Hillary

Bernie keeps calling her "Secretary Clinton" every time he mentions her name. i like to be as popular as Bernie

 

[basquebromance]

"It's gonna be Trump, Miller, Mulvaney, Jared and Ivanka roaming around a big empty White House like The Shining before this all over"

 

[OldLady]

Trump and his base will spin the hell out of this - but Mattis was forced out. FIRED.

We report, you decide. But it sounds to me like he QUIT.

 

[deanrd]

Wow, it hasn't even been two years.

 

[Lakhota]

Trump and his base will spin the hell out of this - but Mattis was forced out. FIRED.

We report, you decide. But it sounds to me like he QUIT.

Yep, that's the spin - but he was FIRED. This has been brewing for months. Syria/ISIS was the final straw.