General Mattis is not exactly a Perfumed Prince. He is a dedicated Marine to the hilt.
A pity they don't have any more generals.
Which is probably why Obama deemed his services no longer necessary. Can't have real fighting men making decisions about... you know, fighting...
A pity they don't have any more generals.
Exit another fighting gen. - NYPOST.com
"Lost in the inaugural hullabaloo was Tuesday’s news that President Obama has relieved Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis, the colorful and highly decorated Marine who’s been in charge of the crucial US Central Command, which oversees the various wars in the Middle East, since 2010."
General Mattis is not exactly a Perfumed Prince. He is a dedicated Marine to the hilt.
Which is probably why Obama deemed his services no longer necessary. Can't have real fighting men making decisions about... you know, fighting...
Know a lot of detail about the man's record, do you guys?
Did either of you even know the man's name before this article?
I do... what would you like to know?
Know a lot of detail about the man's record, do you guys?
Did either of you even know the man's name before this article?
So is the General lying in the Duffel story or is the New York Post lying?
Yet there's not a single quote from him in the Duffle article about him being 'fired'. And this is an article that contains numerous quotes from him. Curious.
I think I choose to belive the General and to consider the right wing accounts of Obama firing him to be just so much bull****.
Why should I care about him any more than I care about any other human being - does he care about me? I don't know him. He may be a great guy, he may be a jerk.
It is ironic that you choose to rail about left v. right, when the entire purpose of this thread, beginning with the first post, was an attack on the President by accusing him of 'firing' a General he didn't like, without a single shred of proof.
When I post an article giving the General's own reasons for retiring, that's somehow a 'left' wing attack?
I think we know where the partisanship lies in this thread. And with you. The difference between us is that I choose to believe the General. You choose to believe right wing rags like the Post and right wing blogs.
More than you probably think. One of my good friends is a Devil Dog, and likes to talk about the Corps.
The date of the linked article is 27 APRIL 2012 , Mattis intended to retire in April of this year. He was summaril relieved of command this month. Being relieved of command is the same as getting fired.
Yeah, I'm willing to let the readers of this forum judge who's being partisan and who isn't.
The title of the thread is 'Marine Corps General Fired'. Followed by posts made by right wing posters about how terrible the President is for firing this general. It's so typical of you right wing types. A general or an admiral retires or resigns, and suddenly 'he was fired by Obama!'
This whole thread was a right wing attack on the President, using a headline in a right wing rag as the basis of the thread.
In fact the General - who you seem to consider a personal friend - retired and is quoted extensively in the link I posted, detailing why he was retiring.
Yet you don't post a single comment about the lies contained in the first article and subsequent posts. I wonder why that is?
I especially enjoyed the post by the 'Global Moderator', once again displaying his grasp of the facts.
Ring! Ring! That's the right wing bell ringing. Time for you guys to salivate!
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