US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis to quit

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The news of Gen Mattis' departure comes a day after Mr Trump announced all US troops would be withdrawn from Syria.

In his resignation letter, Gen Mattis described his views on "treating allies with respect" and using "all the tools of American power to provide for the common defence".

"Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defence whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down," Gen Mattis wrote.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46640114

 

[TBoneTX 43,195]

So?

[refugee 169]

11 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

So?

In my view it is significant that the Secretary of defense is resigning the day after the Syria tweets with

 

"you have the right to have a Secretary of Defence whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects"

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

41 minutes ago, refugee said:

In my view it is significant that the Secretary of defense is resigning the day after the Syria tweets with

 

"you have the right to have a Secretary of Defence whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects"

I do as well and I believe that Saint Mattis wanted us to stay there.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

  Mattis got a lot of praise on this forum when he was selected. I can't say I saw this coming, but neither am I surprised.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

The army holds Mattis in fairly high regard.  He seemed to be a great leader.

 

But it is not uncommon for a military leader to disagree with their CIC.  Something they are not allowed to do while on active duty, and they are not allowed to speak out publicly against the president even after retirement. 

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2 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

  Mattis got a lot of praise on this forum when he was selected. I can't say I saw this coming, but neither am I surprised.

Fairly stinging rebuke, for a man like Mattis to take a swing at POTUS  like. At least trump did not call him a moron in his tweet  about the subject.  There no way to spin this .

Edited December 21, 2018 by Nature Boy 2.0

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2 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

  Mattis got a lot of praise on this forum when he was selected. I can't say I saw this coming, but neither am I surprised.

For the few things I like about Trump, there are others that really trouble me.  The turnover of people in his admin is one of them.  Nothing speaks as loudly about a boss as the silence left behind as people quit.

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2 hours ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

I do as well and I believe that Saint Mattis wanted us to stay there.

?????

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

2 minutes ago, refugee said:

?????

Words.  Your words have much more value than a string of punctuation marks.

 

!!!!!!

 

What is your question, exactly?

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

8 minutes ago, refugee said:

?????

What???? Saint Mattis has been talking about us staying there in Syria for a while now and then it gets upended like this. This is afront to our allies the Kurds who are actually controlling that part of Syria and doing a damn good job of it as well. 

11 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

For the few things I like about Trump, there are others that really trouble me.  The turnover of people in his admin is one of them.  Nothing speaks as loudly about a boss as the silence left behind as people quit.

This one with me as well. As Marine it bothers me that General Kelley and Mattis are leaving. 

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2 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

What???? Saint Mattis has been talking about us staying there in Syria for a while now and then it gets upended like this. This is afront to our allies the Kurds who are actually controlling that part of Syria and doing a damn good job of it as well. 

This one with me as well. As Marine it bothers me that General Kelley and Mattis are leaving. 

Okay, I did not understand the "there" to by Syria.

I agree abandoning our mission, both this quickly and without the coordination of our allies, will result in:

1.Undermine our Kurdish allies

2.Iran will strengthen it's hand in the region

3.Assad will stay in, forever

4.Russia gets everything they want in the region, scott free

5.Undercut the Syrians in the region who are just getting on their feet

6.Allow ISIS a chance to get back in the game

 

 

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3 minutes ago, refugee said:

Okay, I did not understand the "there" to by Syria.

I agree abandoning our mission, both this quickly and without the coordination of our allies, will result in:

1.Undermine our Kurdish allies

2.Iran will strengthen it's hand in the region

3.Assad will stay in, forever

4.Russia gets everything they want in the region, scott free

5.Undercut the Syrians in the region who are just getting on their feet

6.Allow ISIS a chance to get back in the game

 

 

Which will ALL happen.  Today, tomorrow, next, year, or next decade.... as soon as we withdraw.  Those people do NOT want peace and harmony enough to actually own it.  And us pretend forcing it on them is about as effective as a screen door on a submarine.

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14 minutes ago, refugee said:

Okay, I did not understand the "there" to by Syria.

I agree abandoning our mission, both this quickly and without the coordination of our allies, will result in:

1.Undermine our Kurdish allies

2.Iran will strengthen it's hand in the region

3.Assad will stay in, forever

4.Russia gets everything they want in the region, scott free

5.Undercut the Syrians in the region who are just getting on their feet

6.Allow ISIS a chance to get back in the game

 

 

Agreed. Terrible decision at this point in time.

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Congrats to the Trump administration for announcing withdrawal from Syria. About time. America should never gone there in the first place. The Syrians have suffered enough.