Ralph Peters has a blisstering column on the ninnies in the media who are trashing Lt. General Jim Mattis about his statement on warfare in San Diego this past Tuesday.
For anyone who isn't up to date on this story, let me fill you in. During a panel discussion on the future of war, USMC Lt. General Mattis candidly stated: "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil . . . it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." Unfortunately, the scions of the media took it out of context and hyped up the line "it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." Such a reaction by the media made the Lt. General look like Col. Cali who actually had committed crimes in wartime.
I think Peters sums it up best here:
"FORTUNATELY, Lt.-Gen. Mattis has three big things going for him: The respect of those who serve; the Marine Corps, which won't abandon a valiant fighter to please self-righteous pundits whose only battle is with their waistlines; and the fact that we're at war. We need more men like Mattis, not fewer. The public needs to hear the truth about war, not just the crybaby nonsense of those who never deigned to serve our country.
In my own far humbler career, the leaders I admired were those who had the killer instinct. The soldiers knew who they were. We would have followed them anywhere. They weren't slick Pentagon staffers anxious to go to work for defense contractors. They were the men who lived and breathed the warrior's life.
Table manners don't win wars. Winning our nation's battles demands disciplined ferocity, raw physical courage — and integrity. Jim Mattis has those qualities in spades.
Semper fi, General."
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