WTF Is Mattis Thinking?

[prambo]

Strange goings-on at the Pentagon. Saw a couple of bits of weirdness before but, unless this article is an outright fabrication, Mad Dog is indeed mad, or stupid, or Trump picked the wrong guy.

The Battle to Keep the Pentagon in Democrat Hands

 

[Phazer]

The Battle to Keep the Pentagon in Democrat Hands

Crap!

 

[Dr. Evil]

I'm not beyond firing his ass if need be.

 

[ArmedCorgi]

Good thing Trump is a master of the phrase "you're fired".

 

[GOYABEAN]

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[prambo]

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You forgot this - lots of it!

 

[masterswimmer]

WTF
Bizarre

 

[kev74]

That reads like it was written by someone with an agenda.

 

[holdover]

Not really Bizarre,Im sure he was looking at his military record and achievements not his political leanings , Trump is green , We all knew he was going to make greenhorn mistakes. But its correctable.

 

[MoMan]

Mad Dog may have started the 1st fight he loses!
If this is actually true, it won't be long before you'll hear about President Trump firing him.

Then the MSM will go all GaGa about how screwed up President Trump's Administration is. BUT, they'll be sure to leave out the part where M.D. was trying to subvert President Trump's authority!

 

[Sponty]

God forbid Mattis goes against his holiness Trump on a few things. That would be treason. You people are riding Trumps dick so hard that it's scary. I find it particularly frightening that you think Trump is a true constitutional conservative. The guy is a proven progressive in favor of big government just the same as the assholes on the left. The only difference is that now he plans to abuse his powers for our side so you're all OK with it. Until we get a true constitutionalist in the white house we are screwed regardless of the political party the person claims to be a member of.

 

[holdover]

A few things?

as Gen. Mattis continues to nix a long list of names offered by the White House team, he hasn’t been bashful about pushing for the appointment of Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans.

First, Gen. Mattis flirted with appointing Michele Flournoy, formerly the third-ranking civilian in the Pentagon under President Barack Obama, and the person expected to run the Pentagon had Hillary Clinton won the presidency, as his deputy.

The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel reported Mattis also looked to recruit from Ms. Flournoy’s liberal-hawk think tank, the Center for New American Security. And he pushed for some names who hail from Never Trump backgrounds, including Mary Beth Long, an official in George W. Bush’s Pentagon.


When We get a true constitutionalist to run you let us know OK?

 

[reinhardt]

Mattis is entitled to select his own team. You want to have different opinions on matters so you can truly weigh the pro's and con's of an issue prior to making a decision. It is not good to have a conference room turn into an echo chamber.

 

[Defilade]

Fake news?

 

[holdover]

There is some truth to what your saying ,but you dont want all Cons either.

 

[Criticalt]

We elected Trump and he is closer to this than us, so if he says Mattis goes, he goes.
We worked hard to get the House, Senate and POTUS. The dems/liberals have proven again and again they disagree with how we fight wars and all of them are 100% against a conservative overseas agenda......WHY THE FUCK WOULD WE WANT THEM IN THE PENTAGON????
Now I gotta go get back on Trumps dick, im getting lonely.

 

[Criticalt]

Mattis is entitled to select his own team. You want to have different opinions on matters so you can truly weigh the pro's and con's of an issue prior to making a decision. It is not good to have a conference room turn into an echo chamber.

1000% no!!
I want it all!! I want the House, Senate, POTUS, pentagon, IRS, DEA, CIA, FBI, DHS.......etc all run by conservatives, or even Repubs, anything but dems.
Believe me, if the dems had their way, we would all be wearing pussy hats and wouldnt kniw which bathroom to use.
Nope, I want ZERO of their input. Elections have consequences.

 

[prambo]

God forbid Mattis goes against his holiness Trump on a few things. That would be treason. You people are riding Trumps dick so hard that it's scary. I find it particularly frightening that you think Trump is a true constitutional conservative. The guy is a proven progressive in favor of big government just the same as the assholes on the left. The only difference is that now he plans to abuse his powers for our side so you're all OK with it. Until we get a true constitutionalist in the white house we are screwed regardless of the political party the person claims to be a member of.

And your evidence? Your reason for just showing up and being insulting is because.......? And you're THE expert on this because.......?

Ahhhhhhh!! JuanJo is that you? Schadenfreude???

 

[prambo]

Mattis is entitled to select his own team. You want to have different opinions on matters so you can truly weigh the pro's and con's of an issue prior to making a decision. It is not good to have a conference room turn into an echo chamber.

You fail to notice that ALL he seems to be interested in is Obolaite statists.

I don't see any views that aren't neo-con/leftist war monger; namely no one who wants out of the bullshit that's been going on since Bush I or before.

The cabinet reflects the overall plan of the POTUS - you can solicit alternative views without letting the foxes in the henhouse.

 

[Burzum]

God forbid Mattis goes against his holiness Trump on a few things. That would be treason. You people are riding Trumps dick so hard that it's scary. I find it particularly frightening that you think Trump is a true constitutional conservative. The guy is a proven progressive in favor of big government just the same as the assholes on the left. The only difference is that now he plans to abuse his powers for our side so you're all OK with it. Until we get a true constitutionalist in the white house we are screwed regardless of the political party the person claims to be a member of.

I was a big Dr. Ron Paul supporter but his view of government is utopian, it is a fun parlor game for debate, it is no longer reality. Like it or not, the government is not shrinking back to the size before Reconstruction, the FED needs to go--but it is staying, and income tax is NOT being abolished.

Trump rocks b/c he is the first and ONLY president in 50 years not owned by the plutocrats. The fact that Bush43 and Obama acted more like twins like Bush41 and Slick Willy should wake people up,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sure except for W., stroking his shoe and reading his bible, Nixon, Ford, Carter, the Bushes, Clinton and Obama were all the same and brought us a combination of:
endless war,
endless debt,
endless entitlements,
endless government growth,
endless domestic spying on innocent citizens,
endless streams of illegal immigrants,
endless meddling into the affairs of other sovereign nations,
endless American-job destroying trade policies,
endless encroachment on our gun rights,

I left Regan out b/c he sucked, but nearly as bad as the others.

So I suggest you get a history book, even a basic high school one will do, and read, then you will learn why Trump is the first real president since Andrew Jackson.

 

[eagleridge357]

My gut is telling me a cabal of well-moneyed foreign interests are using the Mad Dog for their nefarious agenda. Once again, well-intentioned leaders are sucked into the vortex of the Elitist power group. Money talks, no money SCREAMS and power is the bought and paid for prize. DJT will do well to unplug the swamp and rid himself of these evil forces before they take seed and multiply. GO TRUMP! Drown the scum in their own blood!

 

[Frankly]

I don't trust any news reports, only actions. I've read BS from all sides.

 

[BerettaGuy]

1000% no!!
I want it all!! I want the House, Senate, POTUS, pentagon, IRS, DEA, CIA, FBI, DHS.......etc all run by conservatives, or even Repubs, anything but dems.
Believe me, if the dems had their way, we would all be wearing pussy hats and wouldnt kniw which bathroom to use.
Nope, I want ZERO of their input. Elections have consequences.

Agree but the article in the OP is by some "Conservative" we never heard of.
Possible fake news or possible far right using a conservative banner acting like the far left commies in the Democrats except they don't try to hide their Marxist leanings.

My biggest concern is the ties with the Muslim Brotherhood AGAIN! This is either to be PC or to keep your enemies close. Uma's brother's organization. Trump needs to line up the B52's and then declare the Brotherhood a terrorist organization. The first place the bitches, gets carpet bombed. Power and strength is the only thing they understand well.

 

[Celt]

Im not buying it. I would need to see more info.

 

[Podmonkey]

If MacArthur got fired so can Mattis.

 

[GOPerfect]

Funny, I can't find this as a stand alone story anywhere else on the Internet.

 

[Sweetyzfd]

I saw this yesterday. The libtards are so entrenched everywhere I'm not sure Trump can get them out. Poor loser baby scumbags!!!!

 

[prambo]

Funny, I can't find this as a stand alone story anywhere else on the Internet.

As said in the OP, if not an "outright fabrication". There is this article, which actually cites no primary sources:

Opposition Builds Against Mattis Pick Who Met With Muslim Brotherhood

There are many more when I use Startpage to search. But the real conclusion I come to is - in this era of "fake news" and "alternative facts", who do I trust? WaPo, NYT, Fox, Bob's I Hate Trump Rant Site, etc, etc?

I trust none of them. I believe the story about Patterson to be true, something weird is going on, but there appears to be no certain way to discern what is actually true anymore until it is an accomplished fact. Namely, a leftist islamist-supporting loon is actually appointed and confirmed as Undersecretary of Policy in Trump's Defense Department.

 

[eagleridge357]

As said in the OP, if not an "outright fabrication". There is this article, which actually cites no primary sources:

Opposition Builds Against Mattis Pick Who Met With Muslim Brotherhood

There are many more when I use Startpage to search. But the real conclusion I come to is - in this era of "fake news" and "alternative facts", who do I trust? WaPo, NYT, Fox, Bob's I Hate Trump Rant Site, etc, etc?

I trust none of them. I believe the story about Patterson to be true, something weird is going on, but there appears to be no certain way to discern what is actually true anymore until it is an accomplished fact. Namely, a leftist islamist-supporting loon is actually appointed and confirmed as Undersecretary of Policy in Trump's Defense Department.

It is indeed a time of INFOWARS. Propaganda unleashed! Doublespeak! Reality twisting! Know your Truth! Know your allegiances! Follow your path!

 

[prambo]

It's definitely a fake news site but, if true there is some infighting going on.

Defense Secretary Mattis withdraws Patterson as choice for undersecretary for policy