[Roccus]

I'm just thankful that there are gallant people like the General to fight the battle that I'm unable to.

[cajungirl]

But it also needs leaders who are fighters. Those who will kick down the door. Those who will get the job done. As we have observed here before, all the niceties of democracy and civilization depend from time to time on a few men who will go down dark streets and do uncivilized and possibly undemocratic things we would rather not think about, let alone talk about Couldn't be better said, I admire that in a soldier.

[RedEyeJack]

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
George Orwell

Never have these words been truer than in the case of General Mattis...