>>Even if the lap dog of the dems in general and Obama in particular, NBC, does not agree with me:
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>>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-picks-tough-talking-gen-james-mad-dog-mattis-dod-n689621
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>>I found this especially amusing (said by Kirsten Gillibrand)
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>>"Civilian control of our military is a fundamental principle of American democracy, and I will not vote for an exception to this rule."
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>>Say what????? What do civilians know about the military? Isn't civilian control of the military what has us in the mess we are in right now in the middle east?
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>In order to prevent the military from seizing control of the country, the US decided that it must always have civilian oversight of the military. It is a law that only a civilian can be the secretary of defense.

Indeed it does.
Mattis is a retired marine general - a civillian.
Many defense secretaries have been ex-servicemen- Chuch Hagel, appointed by Obama, is a decorated Vietnam vet.
Donald Rumsfeld flew jets in Vietnam.

Would you rather have a draft dodger like Dick Cheney- Secretary of Defense under GHW Bush?
I'll take Mad Dog. Cheney isn't fit to shine his shoes.



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>https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/113