Report: Obama Ousting CENTCOM Chief Mattis

[OldNCranky]

http://freebeacon.com/report-obama-o...-chief-mattis/

[SF18C]

I wonder who was he screwing???

[afchic]

My favorie Mattis quote was when he came to speak to us at NPS. "It is time for you all to put on your big girl panties"

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by afchic

My favorie Mattis quote was when he came to speak to us at NPS. "It is time for you all to put on your big girl panties"

In this day and age, that right there shoulda been enough to get him canned.

[CDRODA396]

Originally Posted by from the article

Why the hurry? Pentagon insiders say that he rubbed civilian officials the wrong way — not because he went all “mad dog,” which is his public image, and the view at the White House, but rather because he pushed the civilians so hard on considering the second- and third-order consequences of military action against Iran. Some of those questions apparently were uncomfortable. Like, what do you do with Iran once the nuclear issue is resolved and it remains a foe? What do you do if Iran then develops conventional capabilities that could make it hazardous for U.S. Navy ships to operate in the Persian Gulf? He kept saying, “And then what?

Inquiry along these lines apparently was not welcomed — at least in the CENTCOM view.

(the bold is mine)

I have no problem believing this at all...Its clear that GEN Franks didnt ask any hard questions regarding what now? once Iraq fell during his planning for OIF, and typically we as an Army claim to study history but dont learn from our own mistakes very well IMO.

[OldNCranky]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013...eing-replaced/

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:


… General Mattis was travelling and in a meeting when an aide passed him a note telling him that the Pentagon had announced his replacement as head of Central Command. It was news to him — he hadn’t received a phone call or a heads-up from anyone at the Pentagon or the White House.

Ricks says he inquired further into this report. This is what he was told:


…the commander-in-chief can make a change whenever he wants and give no reason. That is right and proper under our system of government.

But there’s also the matter of common courtesy to an uncommon man. Here is what one person wrote to me: “What message does it send to the Services when the one leader known for his war-fighting rather than diplomatic or bureaucratic political skills is retired early via one sentence in the Pentagon’s daily press handout? Even in battle, Mattis was inclusive of all under his command. He took the time to pull together his driver and guards after every day’s rotation on the battlefield, telling them what he thought he had learned and asking them for input. Surely senior administration officials could have found the time to be gracious. But they didn’t.”



WTF? Seems to be a bit of General Officer "purging" going on recently.