What happened to MacArthur? @andersostlund
Pershing. Marshall. Ike. Patton. Bradley. Nimitz. Halsey. Ridgeway. Mattis is fit to stand beside them. All you need to know, peeps. Bravo.
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omitted, intentionally
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For a "bid too far"?
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he is overrated -- a better politician than general
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Although: "I shall return" was pretty powerful. And he did.
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his best moment was Inchon
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Marshall was the only SecDef there, right? A logistics whiz (WWI arty deployment as a green Capt.). Does Mattis know J-4 well?
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GCM was SECSTATE
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Oh, also, congrats on the Blue Checkmark!
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for a year after leaving State
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Ah, there we go. I guess that was more managing Mac... who I notice you left out of that list :-D
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All successful (w/ some faults) in Military actions. Besides Ike, none that I know of outside in terms of policies & politics.
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you missed my point
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John-I may have-easy thing to do on social media. Sorry. For someone in need of more coffee, could you clearify? Thanks.
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I was putting Mattis among the USA's military greats of the last century, not discussing politics
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Got it. And agree with you. Thanks.
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Fully support Mattis, but small thing: Mattis is a Theranos board member? Wouldn't expect from him.http://www.wsj.com/articles/gen-james-mattis-has-ties-to-theranos-1480651171 …
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disappointing, nobody's perfect, alas
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Just another example of what a small swamp it is, I guess.
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