Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   The little red light Date:   12/24/2018 9:15:57 AM

GEN Mattis?  Is a bold and straight up kind of general.  EXACTLY the type we need in war. However, as au67 pointed out, he apparently did not agree with some of President Trump’s policies, actions, and directives.  Being a good subordinate, he seemed to have kept that tucked in… I was unaware of some of au67’s quotes… and, I am an avid reader of news… from several sources… every day. For him to retire (maybe he was asked to do so… maybe he just decided to do so), was the right thing for him to do if his disapproval complicated matters for his commander.  Good Soldier! 

The media contemptuously searches for something evil to assign to conservative leaders. 

This is the problem with debate today.  It assumes a person with an opposing perspective is bad… or evil.  There is very little in the form of classically critical discourse in the current political climate.  In place of civility and reason, we experience cynical obstructionism, righteous indignation, shrill ranting, and political cacophony.  There is violence in the name of “social justice.”  The opposition outwardly purports to know what others are thinking… what is intended – rather than acknowledging what is actually been said and done.  Parsing of words and misrepresentation of context spews from the mouths and pens of obstructionists in the name of “progress.”

Where is “duty, honor, and country”? 

Where is the voice of reason?

So much clatter… and very little matter.  The engine of The Republic is seizing for lack of the lubricant of reason, the coolant of historical perspective, and attention to the maintenance manual written by our Forefathers.  The dash warning light is on… but, the nation is too busy texting… to notice.

- LMF Curmudgeon