I find Jim Mattis grating. I think he’s a holier than thou hypocrite. I’m sick of old white men claiming to have the country’s best interests at heart but then not stepping up to do anything about it because, God forbid they find common cause with liberals and people of color and their old buddies at the local bar might not want to sit next to them while they shoot the shit with Fox News blaring in the background. F**k him.
The guy resigned because of Trump’s intentions on Syria. We’re now seeing the whole thing play out and he can make jokes but not testify in Congress? One of Obama’s great achievements was to reassert control over the conservative generals and push them to think differently about the role of the military. Even conservative folks like Mattis bought into what Obama was doing in Syria, Iran. It’s called strategic diplomacy.
But now, all of these people are tribalists. They all talk and say the right things sometimes but they do nothing because they don’t believe in this country if it means it’s not white and conservative. Fk him again. I don’t want to hear another f*ing thing from Jim Mattis unless he’s testifying in front of Congress in open session and telling us everything he saw and observed that led to his resignation/firing.