With Mattis it is personal. There are things we don't know. What we do know and is in the public domain is this, the intelligentsia said that if we withdrew form that area the Turks would come in and wipe out the Kurds who have been our long term allies. Mattis was big on this and this is why he resigned.
Why did former Secretary Mattis trash Trump?
Why did former Secretary Mattis trash Trump?
Why did former Secretary Mattis trash Trump?
With Mattis it is personal. There are things we don't know. What we do know and is in the public domain is this, the intelligentsia said that if we withdrew form that area the Turks would come in and wipe out the Kurds who have been our long term allies. Mattis was big on this and this is why he resigned.