Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis Retiring in February 2019; Trump removes Mattis effective January 1
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Secure Da Bag
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Well he seems to have one more in the pocket. He might pull out a Christmas Miracle for his base.
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
Which part are you disagreeing with? Or even what's your take? Do you think Trump has left brillantly prepared for the new, multi-polar world order we're entering? Or do you think that Mattis is batshyt crazy and was going around tearing down everything?
Notice I didn't say he's a dove or a saint.
The US is a global power, we need to position ourselves for the world that's coming where we are not THE global power. Mattis knew this, Trump and the GOP do not. It's not hard to grasp. SecDef has unilateral discretion for the most part in interpreting and extrapolation presidential orders. It's why Mattis didn't adhere to any of Trumps insane 'BAN ALL THE PEOPLE' tweets at 3AM with anything other than a "Yeah no, we're not doing that". You replace that with someone without any experience or a spine and what do you think is going to happen? More hawks are going to line up just like what happened with the Iraq War. People with money and influence will push for a war with Iran and they'll get what they want because Trump's idea of foreign policy is "who kisses my ass the most wins". The US needs allies in key regions and to have more than token lip service against totalitarianism.
Mattis quit because he was incensed that the US is abandoning the Kurds to slaughter at the hands of the Turks, we're condoning a genocide and abandoning an ally in a key region because Trump had a tantrum at 4 in the morning because Fox new told him so. And now the only person to tell this shrieking manchild "No" when it comes to levying the most powerful military in human history just quit and said "find someone else".
That should scare everybody.
He tried to sweet talk Rouhani into a meeting at the UN.
And the withdrawals are really why I don’t think Trump wants a war with Iran. If he did, there’s been opportunities to start shid in Iraq or Syria after the ISIS stuff.
And the Dems are sounding incoherent on foreign policy
you’re right that this maybe a good political move especially as the federal government is going to partial shutdown.Secure Da Bag
Veteran
Every Kurd in Syria will be dead by MarchErdogan will get his genocide he's been dying for for so very long.
You think Iraqi Kurdistan jumps in? Or even Iranian Kurds?
I think Iraqi Kurds will take in some, but Erdogan has been itching to just lay down the YPG with heavy fire and slaughter them wholesale for years now. Some will flee, but most will die. It's their home after all.
What the US should do is just partition Iraq along sectarian lines like the people want.
Every Kurd in Syria will be dead by March
Pray for them that Allah is merciful, we're about to see some of the worst humanity has to offer in the next few months. The Turks are literally going to glass Syrian Kurdistan.
thatrapsfan
Superstar
No way, they’ll reach a deal with Assad before that happens.Every Kurd in Syria will be dead by March
As fukked up as this is I hope Russia forces Assad to see relative reason and that his continued existence relies on keeping Turkey in check.
Whole situation is just fukked and the Trump admin is determined to make it all worse by the day.
thatrapsfan
Superstar
That’ll certainly be the case, both Assad and Russia know the Kurds give them significant leverage over Turkey which they will not hand over for free. The Turkish threats are bluster IMO, and the Kurds certainly planned for this possibility.As fukked up as this is I hope Russia forces Assad to see relative reason and that his continued existence relies on keeping Turkey in check.
Whole situation is just fukked and the Trump admin is determined to make it all worse by the day.