If a person like Gen Mattis resigns refusing to obey, Congress will listen, the public will listen. And, it will be harder to find someone do what he wants. I am realistic about his authority, and also about his reputation.

I’m torn. I’m a veteran of the 1st Iraq Shit Show and the Cold War. I didn’t join out of patriotism, I was in a crappy small town and I wanted out. It worked. Being the military actually MADE me a Liberal. (Kind of hard to hate people for the color of their skin when you share a life with them, hard to hate…