{"id":40035,"date":"2020-06-04T12:20:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T19:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40035"},"modified":"2020-06-04T12:20:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T19:20:19","slug":"good-dog-mad-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/good-dog-mad-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Dog, Mad Dog!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back on 12\/2016, criminal Fuhrer Trump* appointed Marine General James \u201cMad Dog\u201d Mattis as Secretary of Defense.  Although the appointment was illegal, I questioned opposing it, in the hope that Mattis would speak truth to power and honor his military oath above loyalty to criminal Fuhrer Trump*.  I published an article, entitled \u201cIs Mad Dog Such a Bad Dog<\/a>?\u201d.  It took a long time, but he is proving me right.<\/font><\/p>\n

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James Mattis, the esteemed Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump\u2019s Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump\u2019s performance as president. But he has now broken his silence, writing an extraordinary broadside in which he denounces the president for dividing the nation, and accuses him of ordering the U.S. military to violate the constitutional rights of American citizens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have watched this week\u2019s unfolding events, angry and appalled,\u201d Mattis writes. \u201cThe words \u2018Equal Justice Under Law\u2019 are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand\u2014one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values\u2014our values as people and our values as a nation.\u201d He goes on, \u201cWe must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026\u201cDonald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people\u2014does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us,\u201d Mattis writes. \u201cWe are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.\u201d<\/p>\n

He goes on to contrast the American ethos of unity with Nazi ideology. \u201cInstructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that \u2018The Nazi slogan for destroying us \u2026 was \u201cDivide and Conquer.\u201d Our American answer is \u201cIn Union there is Strength.\u201d\u2019 We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis\u2014confident that we are better than our politics.\u201d\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <The Atlantic<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

Ex-Defense Secretary Mattis condemns Trump as threat to constitution<\/a><\/p>\n