Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis will make his way from the board of directors of major defense contractor General Dynamics back to the Pentagon as Defense Secretary under incoming president Donald Trump. Like his predecessor, current Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, Mattis comes by way of the military-industrial complex. Unlike Carter he was a four star general in the US Marine Corps. Asked about the three biggest threats to the US, Gen. Mattis responded, “Iran, Iran, Iran.” He is convinced that Iran and ISIS are in league together, a position not borne out by facts. Should we be concerned over a “mad dog” in charge of the Pentagon? More in today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:
Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.
“[Mattis] is convinced that Iran and ISIS are in league together”
I’d more like to know whether Gen. Mattis was present back in May 2003 when DoD depy. secy. for intell. Stephen Cambone delivered Mr. Bremer’s edict about dissolving the Iraq army & the combat commanders issued not even the feeblest of dissents.
IOW, did then-LtGen. Mattis slyly trade some Am. lives for another star? Is he just another MIC tool? I think yes.