Mattis says he owes the USA a "period of silence" after resigning, but that didn't stop him from writing a book and going on a media junket. He uses "military rectitude" to deflect criticism; Defense Sec. is a civilian role (though that distinction got elided during his tenure)
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"Lack of respect" == expects the same behavior from civilians as from military subordinates.
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He is right though. Our media is the most divisive on Earth. It also teaches people a lack of respect as a good thing. Our media is the problem. They know they are and continue exactly what they're doing.
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tracey what are you getting at?
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Nothing spoils a Labor Day cookout faster than when Michael Tracey shows up uninvited with his infamous word salad
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Mattis earned a reputation & reverence amongst Marines that perhaps only Chesty Puller surpassed ... & with his public resignation letter & this book, he is pissing it away. He has completely violated the time-honored prohibition against publicly disagreeing w/one's commander.
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Coincidentally, Mattis then stokes the divisiveness. Generals are all alike.
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this tweet is pablum
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I grew up while the Vietnam war was raging & TV news actually showed what was happening, including dead US soldiers, while the Johnson & Nixon admin's military mouthpieces lied to us. I learned then to be extremely skeptical of military mouthpieces. Active or retired.
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He wasn't completely wrong about this.
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