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Report: Washington Didn’t Even Tell Marine Gen. He Was Being Replaced
Report: Washington Didn’t Even Tell Marine Gen. He Was Being Replaced
Jan. 25, 2013 12:05pmBecket Adams Gen. James N. Mattis (Getty Images) United States Marine Corps Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis was notified that he was being replaced as commander of U.S. Central Command not by a phone call from Washington, but by a note passed to him by an aide, according to Foreign Policy’s Thomas E. Ricks. From Ricks’ report: Ricks says he inquired further into this report. This is what he was told:
President Obama appointed Gen. Mattis as commander of U.S. Central Command in the summer of 2010. He was quickly confirmed by the U.S. Senate. “During his time as commander, none of the symptoms of unhealthy civil-military relations such as those that characterized the tenure of Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense, have manifested themselves,” Mackubin Thomas Owens writes in the Weekly Standard.“There have been no leaks to the press over policy disagreements and no reports of ‘slow rolling’ or ‘foot dragging’ in Gen. Mattis’s implementation of the president’s policy,” Owens adds. U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, commander, U.S. Central Command speaks with Chief of Defense of the Qatar Armed Forces Lt.Gen. Hamad Bin Ali Al-Attiah and Staff Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces Kuwaiti National Day military parade on Feb. 26, 2011. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released) In short, Gen. Mattis was efficient and professional. So when it was announced last year that Gen. Mattis would be exiting his post sometime in March 2013, many of us were surprised. For a general who had carried himself and performed his duties so well, his tenure as commander of U.S. Central Command was unusually short-lived. What happened? Again, we turn to Ricks at Foreign Policy: Gen. Mattis, as Ricks notes, also disagreed with the White House on the U.S.’ ongoing operation in Afghanistan, Pakistani stability, and (perhaps most importantly) the U.S.’ response to the so-called “Arab Spring.” And it’s because of these disagreements that certain commentators believe the White House decided to dump Gen. Mattis. AL ASAD, Iraq – Lt. Gen. James Mattis, the commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command, speaks to Marines with Marine Wing Support Group 27, May 6. Mattis explained how things in Iraq have gotten better since the first time Marines came to Iraq. (Photo by Cpl. Zachary Dyer) “Of course, a president has every right to choose the generals he wants, but it is also the case that he usually gets the generals he deserves,” Owens notes. “By pushing Mattis overboard, the administration is sending a message that it doesn’t want smart, independently minded generals who speak candidly to their civilian leaders. The message that generals and admirals may receive that they should go along to get along, which is a bad message for the health of U.S. civil-military relations,” Owens concludes. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013...eing-replaced/
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Get used to such, Citizens, Subjects & Fellow Patriots!!!
That's pretty-much how most royalty, emperors, dictators, potentates and fuhrers worldwide arrogantly, audaciously and quite godly operate. Apparently here, just like in rest of world, there's not very much that citizens (government officials & military inclusive) can do about such lordly behavior. What our omnipotent king or Commander-In-Chief Executively Orders or just merely demand from The American People,...SHALL BE. It's actually that simple. Tough luck for US (both ways), and one certainly hopes that all past and any future political sabotage and loss of prestige for America can be repaired? Neil
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