President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon, retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, has said, “it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot” Taliban fighters, told Iraqi leaders that “if you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all,” and accused the Obama administration of naiveté for inking a nuclear deal with Iran that will slow, but not stop, Tehran’s path to a bomb.
Don’t let those quotes — or Mattis’s nickname “Mad Dog” — fool you. Despite his salty language, Mattis is a serious strategic thinker who is widely-respected inside and outside of the Pentagon for his …read more
Source: Vox
