President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, retired four star Marine Gen. James Mattis, is worried that the U.S. is retreating in a chaotic world.
“Right now we have an America that is starting to reduce its role in the world,” Mattis said in a speech at the Heritage Foundation last year. “That’s not good.”
Mattis, known and admired as the “mad dog” among the military, is sober about what impact America can ultimately have on world events. But that doesn’t mean the U.S. shouldn’t try to exert its influence, he says.
“I have never thought it necessary to patronize the American …read more
Source: The Daily Signal
