Is this the Age of Anxiety? The Age of Stupidity? The Age of Hybrid War? Or all of the above? As right populism learns to
Tag: James Mattis
Has Donald Trump Been Forced To Give Up?
Since the mid-term elections on 6 November 2018, President Trump has been under extreme pressure. Federal administrations have been closed since 22 December (the shutdown),
Pussy John Bolton and His Codpiece Mustache
American government has become a collection of sordid and dangerous clowns. It was not always thus. Until Bush II, those governing were never lunatics. Eisenhower,
Trump vs. the Spy Chiefs: Who’s Right?
To manifest his opposition to President Donald Trump’s decision to pull all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, and half of the 14,000 in Afghanistan,
The US Media has Lost One of Its Sanest Voices on Military Matters
I hate television “experts”, the infamous “analysts” who know all – and support all – about the military, the televisual ex-generals with vain presidential ambitions
Was Jim Mattis the Last ‘Adult’ in Trump’s Room?
The idea Mattis was the “adult in the room,” the moral and intellectual restraint on Trump’s evil wishes, is tired. We’ve been recycling that one
Send the Mad Dog to the Corporate Kennel
Outgoing Defense Secretary Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis was famous for quipping, “It’s fun to shoot some people.” It remains a supreme irony that Mattis
Why Trump Got Rid of ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis
Pentagon chief James Mattis left office after Donald Trump decided to withdraw troops from Syria and halve the US military presence in Afghanistan. Trump lost
