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Txjake · #1 07-09-2010, 02:25 PM

The WAPO is not happy....

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/07/james_mattis_its_fun_to_shoot.html

"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years, because they didn't wear a veil," Mattis said. "You know guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot 'em.""

we need more leaders like him.....

#2 07-09-2010, 02:31 PM

Look, another general officer who is about to decide that he "needs to spend more time with his family" and/or that it's time to "persue other interests.". How do these guys make it to this level without knowing how to keep stupid comments to themselves?

Txjake · #3 07-09-2010, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Craig

Look, another general officer who is about to decide that he "needs to spend more time with his family" and/or that it's time to "persue other interests.". How do these guys make it to this level without knowing how to keep stupid comments to themselves?

he made that one quite a while back. before he got promoted to CENTCOM commander. He is generally thought of as a great commander and is well loved by his troops.

Txjake · #4 07-09-2010, 02:46 PM

To Whit: This speaks leagues of his character as a leader:

"A couple of months ago, when I told General Krulak, the former
Commandant of the Marine Corps, now the chair of the Naval
Academy Board of Visitors, that we were having General Mattis
speak this evening, he said, “Let me tell you a Jim Mattis story.”
General Krulak said, when he was Commandant of the Marine
Corps, every year, starting about a week before Christmas, he
and his wife would bake hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of
Christmas cookies. They would package them in small bundles.
Then on Christmas day, he would load his vehicle. At about
4 a.m., General Krulak would drive himself to every Marine
guard post in the Washington-Annapolis-Baltimore area and
deliver a small package of Christmas cookies to whatever Marines
were pulling guard duty that day. He said that one year, he had
gone down to Quantico as one of his stops to deliver Christmas
cookies to the Marines on guard duty. He went to the command
center and gave a package to the lance corporal who was on duty.
He asked, “Who’s the officer of the day?” The lance corporal
said, “Sir, it’s Brigadier General Mattis.” And General Krulak
said, “No, no, no. I know who General Mattis is. I mean, who’s
the officer of the day today, Christmas day?” The lance corporal,
feeling a little anxious, said, “Sir, it is Brigadier General Mattis.”
General Krulak said that, about that time, he spotted in the back
room a cot, or a daybed. He said, “No, Lance Corporal. Who
slept in that bed last night?” The lance corporal said, “Sir, it was
Brigadier General Mattis.” About that time, General Krulak said
that General Mattis came in, in a duty uniform with a sword, and
General Krulak said, “Jim, what are you doing here on
Christmas day? Why do you have duty?” General Mattis told
him that the young officer who was scheduled to have duty on
Christmas day had a family, and General Mattis decided it was
better for the young officer to spend Christmas Day with his
family, and so he chose to have duty on Christmas Day. General
Krulak said, “That’s the kind of officer that Jim Mattis is.”
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aklim · #5 07-09-2010, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Craig

Look, another general officer who is about to decide that he "needs to spend more time with his family" and/or that it's time to "persue other interests.". How do these guys make it to this level without knowing how to keep stupid comments to themselves?

Not until he insults the Prez.

#6 07-09-2010, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Txjake

he made that one quite a while back. before he got promoted to CENTCOM commander. He is generally thought of as a great commander and is well loved by his troops.

I have no opinion of his qualifications, I'm just saying that these guys can't get away with stuff like this and they should know better. It's unfortunate when the military loses qualified officers because they don't know when to shut up.

#7 07-09-2010, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

Not until he insults the Prez.

It depends if it turns into a "story" or not.

450slcguy · #8 07-09-2010, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Txjake

"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years, because they didn't wear a veil," Mattis said. "You know guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot 'em.""

Sounds good to me. Why the women in that culture put up with that abuse is beyond my reasoning. Act like a vicious animal and you deserve to die like one.

Txjake · #9 07-09-2010, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 450slcguy

Sounds good to me. Why the women in that culture put up with that abuse is beyond my reasoning. Act like a vicious animal and you deserve to die like one.

finally someone gets it......

Txjake · #10 07-09-2010, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Craig

I have no opinion of his qualifications, I'm just saying that these guys can't get away with stuff like this and they should know better. It's unfortunate when the military loses qualified officers because they don't know when to shut up.

The quote the newsies are so wrung up about is a couple of years old....no story....

oh have you ever heard some of the quotes fom the Generals of WWII?

to whit:

Admitral William "Bull" Halsey: “"Kill Japs, Kill Japs, Kill more Japs!'”

General Curtis Lemay: "If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting"

General George Patton: "Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood."

Get the picture?

#11 07-09-2010, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Txjake

The quote the newsies are so wrung up about is a couple of years old....no story....

If he's lucky it will die out quietly, if it's still in the news next week he will be gone.

aklim · #12 07-09-2010, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Craig

I have no opinion of his qualifications, I'm just saying that these guys can't get away with stuff like this and they should know better. It's unfortunate when the military loses qualified officers because they don't know when to shut up.

Here is a good question. Would the Ex CENTCOM Cmdr tolerate someone doing to him what he did to that insignificant man Obama? I mean, he is only the Prez and his boss so what is so bad about insulting him? Isn't it acceptable behavior to piss on your boss in public?

aklim · #13 07-09-2010, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Craig

It depends if it turns into a "story" or not.

Oh, lets see. Wreck a guys career and make a story for myself or keep quiet and let him keep his job. Tough choices. I think I'll go for door #1.

pj67coll · #14 07-09-2010, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 450slcguy

Sounds good to me. Why the women in that culture put up with that abuse is beyond my reasoning. Act like a vicious animal and you deserve to die like one.

Like they have a choice.

- Peter.

aklim · #15 07-09-2010, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 450slcguy

Sounds good to me. Why the women in that culture put up with that abuse is beyond my reasoning. Act like a vicious animal and you deserve to die like one.

Religion is ingrained into them. Is it any wonder that a lot of offspring here adopt the religion and even the denomination of their parents? Look at the suicide bomber. Why? He is told that he can suffer a bit here and have paradise forever. Kinda like going to college. Work hard for 4 years and have a better life later on. Women were told to mind their assigned place or they will suffer. Obedience will be rewarded. Why do Indians put up with the caste system? Religion.