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US SecDef James Mattis' Resignation Letter
On December 21, 2018, US Secretary of Defense General James Norman Mattis resigned. His announcement came a day after President Donald Trump said he was withdrawing troops from Syria(without consulting his national security team or allies). Mattis felt strongly that the U.S. should remain in Syria following the defeat of ISIS to ensure they did not regroup.
On December 21, 2018, US Secretary of Defense General resigned. His announcement came a day after President said he was withdrawing troops from (without consulting his national security team or allies). Mattis felt strongly that the U.S. should remain in following the defeat of ISIS to ensure they did not regroup.
His resignation letter contained language that appeared to criticize 's worldview, praising , which has often derided, and the 74-nation Defeat-ISIS coalition that had just decided to abandon.
Through his resignation letter, Mattis also affirmed the need for "treating allies with respect and also being clear-eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors," and remaining "resolute and unambiguous" against authoritarian states such as China and Russia. He wrote that Trump has "the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with [his] on these and other subjects."
According to Anthony Zurcher, , "Donald Trump may try to spin James Mattis's departure as retirement after a lifetime of government service. It's not. This is a protest resignation, plain and simple".
To learn more, read the enclosed resignation letter;
Page 1 of General Mattis' , dated December 20, 2018
Page 2 of General Mattis' Resignation Letter, dated December 20, 2018
At the time of Mattis' appointment, Dr. Christopher A. Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at said - "The Warrior Monk (Mattis) has a deep knowledge of history which could serve him well if President Trump is inclined to listen to his SecDef". Well, it seems President didn't.
