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US defense chief quits after Trump pulls out of Syria
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Published: 21.12.18, 09:24
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1. Trump is a threat to the world and to Israel
Mark Jeffery Koch ,   Moun Laurel, NJ USA   (12.21.18)
Israelis have no clue as to the damage Trump is causing to America and the world. They believe because he gets along with Netanyahu and his daughter converted that he is the best friend Israel ever had. Open your eyes to what is going on!

Trump has destabilized the world, lambasted our allies in Mexico, Canada, Germany, France, and Australia, and aligned himself with the dictators in China, Russia, The Philippines, Poland, and Hungary. He has worked to tear NATO apart as well as the framework that was put into place after WWII. He is allowing Russia and Iran to take over Syria and soon ISIS will be reborn in Syria and Al Queda and the Taliban will be reborn in Afghanistan.

There's more to leadership than belittling and threatening the Palestinians, declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel, a daughter who converted to Judiasm, and getting along with Israel's Prime Minister for Life. What Trump is doing is causing Israel enormous problems and these will only get worse until this incompetent narcissist is removed from office.

You may like Trump but the majority of the American people are rebelling against his cruelty, meanness, incompetence, and law breaking. Please do not align yourself with him. You will be the only country in the world who does and that will not bode well for the State of Israel.
2. Trump,Bibi,and MBS,with friends like these,who needs enemies
Ken   (12.21.18)
3. General Mattis is a man of honour
C   (12.21.18)
he understands fully that when a world leader gives his word, that word
must be kept.
general mattis also understands the old dictum that no man is an
island and therefore alliances of liberal democracies must be maintained
for the sake of the united states and for world peace.
with obama we knew that we could not count on him. we knew that
he would betray us and even blackmail us.
with trump, we had the hope that he would guard our backs. this
hope was shattered when he decided to withdraw american troops
from syria and then from afghanistan.
trump will never again be trusted by america's alllies.
mr. trump, we are not playing some kind of board game.
we are playing the game of life and death.
jerusalem will always remain jewish. but the jewish people who
will lose their lives as a result of this new american policy
will not be resurrected. they will remain among the dead.
4. 17 years in Afghanistan, thousands of lives lost....
David ,   Hartford USA   (12.21.18)
For what, really? Exactly when was the USA going to decide this operation was a failure? Never?

Just like 'to a hammer, everything looks like a nail,' to a general everything looks like it needs troops on the ground. Thank heaven and President Trump that those misguided days are over.

Presidents Truman and Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex back in the 1940s and '50s. This is where it has brought us. If Russia wants to turn Syria into a puppet satellite state, good luck with that. It's had so much good fortune with Chechnya, one can only dream what ISIS will do without the USA holding it back. Russia's Vietnam is just around the corner.

As the USA learned in Vietnam, a people fighting for their own country cannot be stopped. The USA had no business in Syria, never did. Israel is a big boy in this neighborhood and can certainly take care of itself. Without the USA to hold it back, I think the sociopaths in the neighborhood will think twice before doing something stupid, because Israel's response will be, well, biblical.

Trump is the first president in a very long time to say 'no' to the generals. Bravo! Bring our men and women home. The Muslim world will either go up in flames or not- but it is not our problem. We're not their referee nor their psychoanalyst. They'll have to figure out for themselves how to grow up.

Trump is right, the generals are wrong. Mattis said that 'his 40 years in the army told him...' Well, with perfect 20/20 hindsight, we can see that every fight the generals got us into was a mistake. This is a record we take pride in breaking. Bring the men home, let the bad guys kill each other. Let Russia make another great misstep.

Netanyahu knows Israel can defend itself. Let's all hope he allows her to defend herself, in any way she feels fit to.
5. Gen Mattis is a man of honor - which is why he can no longer
Rafi ,   US   (12.21.18)
serve a self-serving piece of trash like Trump... who has all the hallmarks of a traitor destroying the US as we know it.

The greater concern now will be how much more dangerous the situation in the US and worldwide will become WITHOUT the steadying hand of Mattis on the captain's bridge.

6. UTTER FAILURE of Netanyahu's policy of placing all Israel's
Rafi ,   US   (12.21.18)
eggs in the Trump basket has likewise also been revealed...

Same goes for our craven right-wing Jewish brethren (AIPAC, ZOA, Orthodox community)... who are now in speechless shock over the predictable betrayal of this mamzer...

Where have you been over the last two years as Trump steadily betrayed all those who worked for him? Did you think you'd be exempt?
7. To lose one major officer of state is unfortunate
Bertram ,   London, UK.   (12.21.18)
To lose the lot seems like carelessness bordering on criminal negligence. Still, withdrawing troops from Syria and Afghanistan will please the folks back home. And I am sure the Israeli right-wing are contorting themselves to show how Mr Trump's abandonment of the fight against Middle Eastern terrorism is a really good thing - especially for Israel.
8. A servant with an attitude is simply not needed
Cameron   (12.22.18)
The King determines the setting of policy & moves to be made.

There is only obedience in the following and carrying out the King's will.

The long overdue & correct Realpolitik decision concerning the stationing of US troops and resources in Syria has been made.
9. good man, good general and a good friend of Israel
oleg ,   Florida   (12.22.18)
but he did not recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. its ok
10. Trump endangers the security of the US and Israel !!!!!!!
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (12.22.18)
IMPEACH HIM NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11. Curious that HRC was going to employ Mattis in government
(12.22.18)
and then DJT selected him, perhaps not knowing he was a RINO.
12. Mattis' departure - and his explanation for it - should give
Rafi ,   US   (12.22.18)
all Americans and most of humanity pause:

Donald Trump is a) UNHINGED and b) ever closer now - unsupervised - to the nuclear button...

Secretary Mattis is a true patriot - and did everything he could to control his maniac boss's most dangerous, impulsive moves.
13. Hillary, Israel's Donkey, wants Troops in Syria, Iraq, Afgh.
Steve Benassi ,   Plymouth, MN USA   (12.22.18)
... so she can get Jewish money and support to win in 2020.

Republicans love Israel but hate Jews.

In America, its a Hobson's choice, support Israel, or support Israel.

"I thank whatever gods may be" that we have two new Muslim women in Congress that are pro-BDS, and also the young liberal Jews who see Israel for what it is, a racist Apartheid State, that is bringing shame and destruction to itself, America, and the world.
14. Gen. Mattis: Oh! We hate to see you go, we hate to see you
Rivkah   (12.27.18)
go. Hope the heck you don't come back, we hate to see you go. General Mattis is a Deep State one world government guy, sad to say, or he would have loved President Trump.
15. Time to protect the US borders! Bring home US troops and
Rivkah   (12.27.18)
send home to their countries all the U.N. troops on US military bases and in US police departments who are here to kill Americans and take their guns, something the US troops said they would not do but would kill their commanding officers first.
16. To nr. 1, C- now, who is...
Sjoerd van der Velde ,   Hoorn Holland   (12.30.18)
Not only Iran is a threat. The entire "islam" world-caliphate, including the criminal regime in Tehran, more than 50 countries, organization of islamic cooperation, since 1969, About 2 billion. "islam" since the 7th century, unfortunately. There is no moderate "islam". There is 1/one "islam". "islam" is radical and extreme. Read the quran, Other proves are: sharia and jihad, for example.
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