Mattis Reflects on Serving as Trump's Defense Secretary

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2019/08/28/mattis-reflects-on-serving-as-trumps-defense-secretary/

Mattis Reflects on Serving as Trump’s Defense Secretary
August 28, 2019 at 7:50 am EDT By Taegan Goddard


Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks out for the first time since resigning his post in a Wall Street Journal essay:

“Using every skill I had learned during my decades as a Marine, I did as well as I could for as long as I could. When my concrete solutions and strategic advice, especially keeping faith with our allies, no longer resonated, it was time to resign, despite the limitless joy I felt serving alongside our troops in defense of our Constitution.”

“Unlike in the past, where we were unified and drew in allies, currently our own commons seems to be breaking apart. What concerns me most as a military man is not our external adversaries; it is our internal divisiveness. We are dividing into hostile tribes cheering against each other, fueled by emotion and a mutual disdain that jeopardizes our future, instead of rediscovering our common ground and finding solutions.”

[pangaia]

1. I appreciate Mattis' expressions, and having the honesty to resign.

A few places I would disagree, and just with the excerpt above..

".... limitless joy I felt serving alongside our troops in defense of our Constitution.” Doesn't he mean serving the oil industry, et al ?

"We are dividing into hostile tribes cheering against each other," -- No. This is the same botherism that republicans spew all the time--- Fascists, and by that, republicans, are trying to destroy the american government, economy, human life and democracy...

[Hokie]

2. More "Both sides are to blame" bullshit

Really? Just FU Mattis.

[babylonsister]

4. He's right. This country is very divided, more

than I've ever seen.

[dalton99a]

3. Republicans are the ones doing the dividing

They've been doing it for decades