{"id":69197,"date":"2016-12-02T08:21:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T13:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69197"},"modified":"2016-12-02T08:21:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T13:21:03","slug":"warrior-monk-for-secretary-of-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69197","title":{"rendered":"Warrior Monk for Secretary of Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"James<\/a><\/p>\n

You’ve been begging for this for years – James Mattis will be nominated for the Secretary of Defense according to Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

At a rally in Cincinnati, Trump described Mattis as “one of our great, great generals” and added that a formal announcement would be made Monday, “so don’t tell anybody.” <\/p>\n

“They say he’s the closest thing to Gen. George Patton that we have,” Trump told the crowd,”and it’s about time. It’s about time.”<\/p>\n

A source close to Trump told Fox News that the president-elect’s decision to divulge the Mattis pick at the rally was a surprise. Transition sources had repeatedly described Mattis as the favorite for the defense secretary position, but stressed the choice had not been formally made.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From his Wiki<\/a>;<\/p>\n

During his service years, Mattis was considered to be an intellectual among the upper ranks, with his personal library numbering more than 7,000 volumes. Major General Robert H. Scales, Retired, PhD, described him as “….one of the most urbane and polished men I have known.” Reinforcing this intellectual persona was the fact he carried his own personal copy of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius throughout his deployments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The web is jam-packed with Mattis quotes like \u2018There are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot\u2019 and \u2018There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don\u2019t think you do.\u2019 He’s plain-spoken and doesn’t seem to care if anyone likes him or not. He would have made a good first sergeant.<\/p>\n

He doesn’t make policy, but he will be a valuable asset for the troops and National Security in the President’s cabinet.<\/p>\n

The word is that Ray Mabus has gone to his safe place until January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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