permafrost Loc: Minnesota

In the entire orange mist obscuring Washington D.C.,Only general Mattis stood out as a true and outstanding appointment by the orange man obsessed with paying off his supporters with cabinet positions and duty bound to destroy the agencies they were put in charge of..

but even the finest can have more of the crime then the can stomach and so General Mattis left the clown filled administration over the Turkey/Kurd dilemma..

True to type the orange mistake lost little time insulting and abusing this truly fine American..

A few days ago, live and on stage Mattis made a small set of remarks in jest..

read below...

With tongue in cheek, General Mattis delivered a bloody ripper spillage of hilarious criticism.

“I’m not just an overrated general. I’m the greatest, the world’s most overrated,” said General Mattis.

“I earned my spurs on the battlefield; Donald Trump earned his spurs in a letter from a doctor,” Mattis said.

In another one line quip he said: “A year according to White House time is about 9,000 hours of executive time, or 1,800 holes of golf.”

Mattis also compared himself to Meryl Streep when he reminded the dinner attendees that they both had been denigrated by trump as “overrated”. The president denounced Mattis as “the most overrated general” when he met members of Congress on Wednesday to discuss his recent controversial decision to pull US troops out of Syria. trump said Mattis was “the world’s most overrated general. You know why? He wasn’t tough enough.”

“I’m honored to be called that [overrated] by Donald Trump, because he also called Meryl Streep an overrated actress,” Mattis said on Thursday night. “So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals.” Amid the laughter, he said, “And frankly that sounds pretty good to me. And you do have to admit that between me and Meryl … at least we’ve had some victories.”

Just brilliant.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

It was funny but if Mattis were in charge, we'd have us a war with Turkey and a potential WWIII on our hands.

Lt. Rob Polans ret.

Overrated? No. He's very good in battle and the field, diplomacy, however, he's out of his element. That's not a bad thing. The same is true of most high ranking soldiers.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

I'd like to read of justification for such wild speculation.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

It's an opinion based upon what I know and experience with him. That's all I'll say and I'm not alone in that assessment.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

True!

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

How's this for diplomacy...

“I get very concerned when I hear people start characterizing their opponents as stupid. I still understand that because politics is a little rough and tumble at times, but I don’t buy it and when they start calling each other either crazy or evil. You and I, we don’t compromise with crazy people or evil people. And so, I don’t think that’s helpful. Generally speaking, just because someone disagrees with you doesn’t make them crazy or evil…there’s no reason to get all worked up as if someone is evil or crazy. For one thing, none of us are perfect and all-knowing, so this might be their right, and that’s why I don’t care for ideological people. It’s like those people just want to stop thinking.” [Quote/JamesMattis]

emarine

Jim Mattis has earned the respect from our Military members and allies... something trump will never buy...

emarine

Jim Mattis is not pro war... only as the last resort... he is American honor, ethics, respect and empathy for all...

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

In response to both your above posts, EMarine…

Top 5 Reasons General Mattis Should be President

October 3, 2014 by Jeff Edwards

Seriously, he should be President. I know from time to time, you see Marine banter that indicates General James Mattis should be the next President. Sometimes it is filled with absurdity and others it is filled with serious analysis. This post will include a mix of both, but it is based on the seriousness that he would indeed get my v**e for President and he should get yours too. Yes, I know Hillary, Jeb Bush, and Chris Christie are all popular names floated around. But General Mattis is the real deal. So here we go.

1. Unquestioned Leadership – Does everyone remember all the street cred and P**********l talk given to General Colin Powell and General Norman Schwarzkopf after the Gulf War? Yes, the Gulf War was a spectacularly amazing victory as we all got to see smart bombs and missiles go through windows and so forth. Then we had that fun little 72-hour blitz into Iraq and Kuwait. It was amazing and we thank them for their leadership. But General Mattis says I’ll see your 72-hour war and raise you another decade.
Granted, General Mattis was not the top General in charge of it all. No, he was just the one loved most by his men and feared by his enemies and he didn’t have to do this for just a business week. This leader kept it together for over a decade of hard-fought ground combat. Now I never met General Mattis myself, but having been a Marine Veteran of Iraq myself, there was no greater comfort than knowing that General Mattis is up there somewhere. As a nation facing many problems and a Presidency marked by less than stellar reviews, don’t you think its about time we can have a President with proven leadership in the most hostile environment imaginable. We need an 8-year break from worrying so much, and I can think of no better facilitator of that peace than General James Mattis.

2. The Secret Service Can Just Be The Backup Plan – It’s been a rough couple of years for the Secret Service. They have been plagued by failures and scandal resulting most recently in the resignation of the head of the Secret Service. If all this happens during a General Mattis Presidency, eh, no big deal. Having General Mattis as President is the equivalent of having Chuck Norris as President, with the exception that Chuck Norris would have to toughen up a bit for this analogy to work.

You see, with the recent news of the fence jumper with a knife running across the White House lawn and making it all the way into the White House, security is all the more important. But with General Mattis as President, the Secret Service can watch this fence jumper run into the White House and think not,” Oh No”, but they will look at him and think, “Poor Bastard, someone call the carpet cleaners again”. The Secret Service needs the help people. General Mattis for President.

3. Partisan Politics Don’t Matter – Since the end of World War II, America has been presided over equally by Republican and Democratic Presidents. In fact, by 2016 it will be dead equal with about 35 years each give or take a few months. Specifically, in the past 16 years, we have been governed by a Conservative George W. Bush and a Liberal Barack Obama. And you know what, we survived. That’s right, the worst has not come true in either scenario. So whether or not General Mattis has particularly conservative or liberal views on any given issue really doesn’t matter. His leadership to the country and his leadership of a capable and effective administration will far outweigh any particular policy disagreement you may have with him.

The t***h is, half the country will always be upset with the President over a particular policy. So wouldn’t it be nice to have a President who could effectively lead wh**ever policy he believes best for the nation. This guy wasn’t sitting around plotting how to be President. I have met many young politicians and so many have that air of pretentiousness and plotting for the next office. Not General Mattis. He was just waiting for the next War. You can’t buy genuine authenticity like this.

4. Other Countries Will Simmer Down – Yes, I am looking at you Putin. Putin’s judo has nothing on General Mattis’ knife hands. The whole speak softly and carry a big stick thing only works if you have a President known to be capable of swinging that big stick. We are talking about the guy that was quoted as saying its a lot of fun to k**l Taliban terrorist who slap around their women. I think he even called it a hoot!

In addition, General Mattis will not only command the respect of the military, but the instant obedience to legions of Marine Veterans throughout the nation. Things getting a little rough in South America somewhere but don’t have the authorization for War? All General Mattis has to say is that he wished someone would go down there and do something about that mess and we will all be singing the Marine Corps Hymn in Venezuela by breakfast the next morning. But specifically, I refer back to Putin. Its been hard having a Russian President that you know can beat up your current President. A General with the nickname, “Mad Dog” solves that problem.

5. He is already more quoted than most presidents – p**********l quotes are a thing. All the good ones are supposed to have one as to be President you have to have a way with words. So let me end this post by offering a few of my favorite General Mattis quotes. First of all he said this, “I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I can’t even spell the word.” Tell me that doesn’t inspire confidence in you from your President. Granted the spelling issue could be a problem, but I am sure there is a p**********l proofreader out there somewhere.

Next, he said, supporting my theory that other countries will simmer down, “Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American Democracy) and k**l everyone of them until they are so s**k of the k*****g that they leave us and our freedoms intact.” Hello ISIS, that’s what a Mattis administration has in store for you.

Lastly he said this, “You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world it’s going to be bad.” We need that kind of t***h in this nation. Much of America does indeed live in a dream world and a President who will not pander to our delusions might just be the medicine this country needs.

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

All good points...

Mattis was an excellent general...

The best of Trump's cabinet...

And an honor to your nation...

emarine

I would v**e for Mattis...time to. reunite with honor and ethics and slow this trump mess down....

Lonewolf

Lonewolf

Thanks

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

I saw him as the best appointment Trump had made.