Sect. Mattis Resignation Letter:

[pismoe]

The US had 2,000 soldiers in Syria that are being pulled out. Germany has some 1,200 troops presently in Syria. The UK???

The EU has twice the population of the US but can't find 2,000 soldiers to replace the departing US soldiers?

WTF

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Direct your questions to General Mattis.

Too funny. General Mattis decides EU troop deployment? You are a wanker.

Even funnier. The UK is sending 800 British troops to Norway to help defend them from Russian aggression.UK sending 800 troops to Arctic in warning shot to Russia

Hard to believe that the entire EU can't replace 2,000 US soldiers in Syria.

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Which EU army are you referring to you insular fuck ?
There isnt one.

-------------------------------- yeah , 'isis' isn't really that far away from you 'euros' but your military can handle it Tommy .

The US created ISIS - sort it out.

------------------------------------ from what i am hearing the USA is leaving 'isis' areas Tommy .

 

[DandyDonovan]

Dear Mr. President:

I have been privileged to serve as our country's 26th Secretary of Defense which has allowed me to serve alongside our men and women of the Department in defense of our citizens and our ideals.

I am proud of the progress that has been made over the past two years on some of the key goals articulated in our National Defense Strategy: putting the Department on a more sound budgetary footing, improving readiness and lethality in our forces, and reforming the Department's business practices for greater performance. Our troops continue to provide the capabilities needed to prevail in conflict and sustain strong U.S. global influence.

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NATIONAL SECURITY
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One core belief I have always held is that our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and partnerships. While the US remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies. Like you, I have said from the beginning that the armed forces of the United States should not be the policeman of the world. Instead, we must use all tools of American power to provide for the common defense, including providing effective leadership to our alliances. NATO's 29 democracies demonstrated that strength in their commitment to fighting alongside us following the 9-11 attack on America. The Defeat-ISIS coalition of 74 nations is further proof.


MIDDLE EAST
White House Orders Pentagon To Pull U.S. Troops From Syria
Similarly, I believe we must be resolute and unambiguous in our approach to those countries whose strategic interests are increasingly in tension with ours. It is clear that China and Russia, for example, want to shape a world consistent with their authoritarian model — gaining veto authority over other nations' economic, diplomatic, and security decisions — to promote their own interests at the expense of their neighbors, America and our allies. That is why we must use all the tools of American power to provide for the common defense.

My views on treating allies with respect and also being clear-eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by over four decades of immersion in these issues. We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our alliances.


ANALYSIS
After U.S. Troops Leave Syria, What Happens Next?
Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position. The end date for my tenure is February 28, 2019, a date that should allow sufficient time for a successor to be nominated and confirmed as well as to make sure the Department's interests are properly articulated and protected at upcoming events to include Congressional posture hearings and the NATO Defense Ministerial meeting in February. Further, that a full transition to a new Secretary of Defense occurs well in advance of the transition of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in September in order to ensure stability within the Department.

I pledge my full effort to a smooth transition that ensures the needs and interests of the 2.15 million Service Members and 732,079 DoD civilians receive undistracted attention of the Department at all times so that they can fulfill their critical, round-the-clock mission to protect the American people.

I very much appreciate this opportunity to serve the nation and our men and women in uniform.

James Mattis

READ: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' Letter Announcing His Resignation

And this is how a dignified man acts when asked to something that he disagrees with. He resigns.

Doesn't mean he's right and Trump is wrong (and in fact that is irrelevant anyway, Trump is the boss, it just means that compare this to very disgusting actions of a few other high ranking government officials who disagreed with an order given by the President, I'm thinking specifically of that shit stain Sally Yates.

This is how adults handle disagreement. Liberals should take note.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

This is where his idiocy becomes a matter for concern around the world.
When foreign policy is dictated by the need to feed opinion polls back home then the adults leave the room.

I feel as Great Douche gave Russia 4 major wins in a month for Xmas that comes Jan 7th for Russia.

1) Syria pull out
2) Afghanistan pull out half
3) U.S. will lift sanctions against companies owned by a Russian oligarch tied to the Mueller probe
4) Mattas out giving Putin a win to spew you can't truth America.


To me, it looks like the Great Douche knows his time short.

btw: It's interesting to read/see GOP/DOPers telling us now, going into Iraq, Afghanistan was a YUGE mistake. And we got nothang for it...hahahaha. Without those two yuge mistakes, we would not be in Syria because of Dubya's LIES about nuke WMD!. Funny too is Faux news is spewing the Great Douche is now reconstituting ISIS. As Obama never made them, raygoon did.

On balance bringing them home is better than starting another war. The issue is if we are safer leaving them there or bringing them back.

Who to believe ?

A distinguished General with a lifetime of service or a draft dodging, lying fraudster under pressure ?

 

[pismoe]

I'll go with TRUMPS Decision and see what happens . Whats the worst that can happen in or to the USA Tommy ??

 

[BWK]

"One core belief I have always held is that our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and partnerships. While the US remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies."

‘In that single paragraph, which sums up the sentiment of the longer letter, Mattis rejects out of hand Trump's "America First" foreign policy that had led to clashes with a slew of longtime allies -- from Germany to Britain to Australia and back. From Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord to his recent announcement that the United States would be leaving Syria -- a decision with which Mattis disagreed -- Trump has shown time and time again that he rejects the post-World War II alliance structure that presidents, Republican and Democratic, have relied upon for more than seven decades.’

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/20/politics/donald-trump-jim-mattis-resignation/index.html

Trump’s rejection of those long-maintained alliances is both reckless and irresponsible.

Rejecting putting your own country first is a pretty good reason to NOT be SecDef.

It's too late in the game to play your games Frank. It's time for all of us to come together and for you to admit Trump is a danger to the world!

The world is just going to have to deal with a strong American President who puts the interest of the American people first.

The world will have to adjust

In the mean time, we set up the Kurds who helped us to be slaughtered by Turkey. Nice!

"The world will have to adjust" Lol! You better believe ISIS will adjust.

ISIS has their hands full now that Obama is no longer there to arm them and hand over all the real estate from Aleppo to Baghdad

You must go to the source, in order to understand the real problem. Obama was nothing more than an innocent bystander for all these "mission accomplished" air heads. Who Was the Founder of ISIS?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I'll go with TRUMPS Decision and see what happens . Whats the worst that can happen in or to the USA Tommy ??

Another 9/11 ?

 

[DandyDonovan]

I'll go with TRUMPS Decision and see what happens . Whats the worst that can happen in or to the USA Tommy ??

Another 9/11 ?

You don't believe that LOL

 

[BWK]

I'll go with TRUMPS Decision and see what happens . Whats the worst that can happen in or to the USA Tommy ??

The Kurds, who supported us will be slaughtered. We are walking away from our allies. We will be isolationists, and that is counter to all our values.

 

[pismoe]

I'll go with TRUMPS Decision and see what happens . Whats the worst that can happen in or to the USA Tommy ??

The Kurds, who supported us will be slaughtered. We are walking away from our allies. We will be isolationists, and that is counter to all our values.

------------------------------------------ i think that the 'kurds' are generally muslim BWK .

 

[pismoe]

ISOLATIONIST eh , a Fortress America huh BWK .

 

[DandyDonovan]

I'll go with TRUMPS Decision and see what happens . Whats the worst that can happen in or to the USA Tommy ??

The Kurds, who supported us will be slaughtered. We are walking away from our allies. We will be isolationists, and that is counter to all our values.

Stop it with the "our values" nonsense. It's a weak argument made by dummies who can't argue a point. Well we should stay in a war derrp because of our values.........

 

[pismoe]

Think that BWK Values are sorta like 'mrobama' values eh BWK .

 

[BWK]

I'll go with TRUMPS Decision and see what happens . Whats the worst that can happen in or to the USA Tommy ??

The Kurds, who supported us will be slaughtered. We are walking away from our allies. We will be isolationists, and that is counter to all our values.

------------------------------------------ i think that the 'kurds' are generally muslim BWK .

And? What about it? We accepted their help while we helped them. And now we are abandoning them. It has everything to do with our commitment. It has nothing to do with whether they are Muslim. What a f..... up comment to make. Are our words to mean nothing because they are Muslims? You sir are one screwed up individual.

 

[DandyDonovan]

If the US steadfastly practiced "our values" we would have continued expanding until we ruled the entire planet, their would not be one single Native Mongolian living anywhere in the US, blacks would still be slaves, and only male white land owners would be allowed to vote.

That's what so called progressives want us to hold to ? LOL

 

[DandyDonovan]

I'll go with TRUMPS Decision and see what happens . Whats the worst that can happen in or to the USA Tommy ??

The Kurds, who supported us will be slaughtered. We are walking away from our allies. We will be isolationists, and that is counter to all our values.

------------------------------------------ i think that the 'kurds' are generally muslim BWK .

And? What about it? We accepted their help while we helped them. And now we are abandoning them. It has everything to do with our commitment. It has nothing to do with whether they are Muslim. What a f..... up comment to make. Are our words to mean nothing because they are Muslims? You sir are one screwed up individual.

Just shut the fuck up, there isn't a single person here who believes you oppose leaving Syria for any reason other than Trump is removing us from Syria. Not one.

 

[xyz]

Very interesting is this 1987 letter.

In it, Trump attacks Reagan's foreign policy in particular with references to Japan and Saudi Arabia(!). He does not name NATO as it would have been too unpopular at the time to do so.

Some have said that this came about as an effect of him being recruited by the KGB, as the timing is right after his trip to the Soviet Union.

In any case, Japan still claims some islands that were occupied by the Soviet Union, and Russia is the closest superpower at its borders, closer than China.

Mr. Mattis's letter does imply Trump treats NATO member states as enemies. I don't particularly support the elder Bush's war against Iraq, or his son's, but the participation of some NATO countries in those, as well as Afghanistan and Syria at the behest of the United States should offer NATO countries a full protection in recompense for their service; in other words using NATO for what it was meant for, protecting against a foreign invasion.

Not to go off-topic, but I also do not see Trump starting a war in Latin America. Venezuela is a strong Russian ally.

 

[pismoe]

WELL , they are muslims i think and these kinda decisions are up to your 'CiC' President Trump BWK .

 

[BWK]

I'll go with TRUMPS Decision and see what happens . Whats the worst that can happen in or to the USA Tommy ??

The Kurds, who supported us will be slaughtered. We are walking away from our allies. We will be isolationists, and that is counter to all our values.

Stop it with the "our values" nonsense. It's a weak argument made by dummies who can't argue a point. Well we should stay in a war derrp because of our values.........

So, tell us, why did we make a commitment to the Kurds to help them, to only pull out as they helped us ? Who or what are we? Have you folks lost your souls? Forget values. A Republicans word is worth shit. That's your value.

 

[DandyDonovan]

I'll go with TRUMPS Decision and see what happens . Whats the worst that can happen in or to the USA Tommy ??

The Kurds, who supported us will be slaughtered. We are walking away from our allies. We will be isolationists, and that is counter to all our values.

Stop it with the "our values" nonsense. It's a weak argument made by dummies who can't argue a point. Well we should stay in a war derrp because of our values.........

So, tell us, why did we make a commitment to the Kurds to help them, to only pull out as they helped ? Who or what are we? Have you folks lost your souls? Forget values. A Republicans word is worth shit. That's your value.

What comittment are you talking about dipshit ? We went into Syria to deal with ISIS , that's it. Trump said before he was even elected that he would NOT send US troops into Syria to overthrow Assad or to protect the Kurds or anything else. We went in strictly to deal with ISIS.

That you are a suddenly a war monger who wants us to keep a permanent military presence in yet another country because Trump won't do it is very telling.

 

[BWK]

WELL , they are muslims i think and these kinda decisions are up to your 'CiC' President Trump BWK .

And you just made a retarded argument/excuse. It just shows how full of .... the Republican party is.