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1-All of Trump's evident grandstanding re Iran & the provocation of the situation by Pompeo/Bolton has me thinking @ what caused Mattis to resign. Here's a bit from Michael Wolff's book, "Siege, Trump Under Fire" pertaining to that situation. #SaturdayThoughts
2-pg 290. 'Siege, Trump Under Fire': On December 19...the president made two fateful decisions. Early that morning-without preparation or consultation, & bypassing the standard military & interagency review process-Trump sent out a tweet proclaiming that "[w]e have defeated ISIS
3-"in Syria," & then announced that he was withdrawing all US troops from that country. The military, diplomatic, & intelligence communities had long ago concluded that Trump's views about foreign policy gyrated peculiarly, & dangerously, on the basis of impulses & mood swings.
4-"But this was the topper: declaring that defeating ISIS was "my only reason for being [in Syria] during the Trump presidency," the president tweeted out his announcement & thus kept his promises to his isolationist base. This, finally, was too much for Secretary of Defense
5-"Jim Mattis. The next day, Mattis announced his resignation in a letter that delivered a succinct & devastating critique of Trump's damage to the international community. "We must do everything we can to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security,
6-"prosperity & values & we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our alliances," Mattis wrote. He also refused to employ the usual anodyne language about his decision to resign, writing: "Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are
7-"better aligned with yours on these & other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position.' " ~Michael Wolff. THAT was the end of rational thought with regard to our Military Defense, and today, we are living with the result.
8-We have no idea what's going to happen next, because Iran is far more malicious and powerful than NK, & Trump has no right to place our safety on the line at the expense of his ego. #ImpeachmentInquiryNow #SaturdayThoughts
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