Simply put, government is full of people who have invested their lives in achieving personal ‘stature’ through government. Those are precisely the types of people who should NEVER be in government.
I have zero doubt that the military, like so many other venues in society, is NOT a meritocracy, and those people who actually make our military successful are the ones we never hear about. Those who climb the ladder have to be political. It’s required. Thus, this group will inevitably include way too many posers who have no business ever being in positions of power. I don’t know much about Mattis, but if he is against Trump, particularly at this point in world history, then he most definitely is NOT a patriot - no matter how many decorations are on his uniform.
BUMP.
On the money.