{"id":35068,"date":"2013-04-12T11:05:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35068"},"modified":"2013-04-12T11:05:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T15:05:58","slug":"mattis-on-syria-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35068","title":{"rendered":"Mattis on Syria & Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul sends us a link to the USAToday<\/a> in which Jim Michaels interviews the anti-Dempsey general, Marine General James Mattis about Syria and Iran and the reasons that he left the service;<\/p>\n

Mattis recently stepped down as head of Central Command, which oversaw wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and was responsible for a region that includes Syria, Iran, Yemen and other flashpoints.<\/p>\n

News of his retirement prompted reports that the White House had squeezed him out of the job early over policy differences. The White House has denied it.<\/p>\n

Asked about those reports, Mattis would say only that he gave unvarnished military advice to his civilian bosses.<\/p>\n

“The idea that you should moderate it before you give it to them is not showing respect to your civilian leadership,” Mattis said.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

“Mattis was looking at Iran as the No. 1 threat in his (region),” said Rep. Duncan Hunter, a member of the House Armed Services Committee. Hunter, R-Calif., said Mattis made it clear that any military conflict involving Iran would not be simple or quick.<\/p>\n

Mattis said Iran’s influence in the region is based on its military posture.<\/p>\n

“No one gives a damn what Iran thinks on any significant issue,” Mattis said. “The only reason Iran is at the big boys’ table is because of their nuclear weapons program.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve always said that our withdrawal route from Iraq should have been through the streets of Tehran. And the withdrawal should have been right after the Hussein regime collapsed – the Iraqis could have rebuilt their own nation after we removed Hussein, but the world will never be peaceful as long as the mullahs are in Iran. If they want to call us the Great Satan, give them a reason. Iran was the root of our problems in Iraq and now Afghanistan. I think Mattis was probably telling the White House the truth and they didn’t want to hear it anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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