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Jim Mattis

Jim Mattis

American Public Servant

Born: Sep 8, 1950

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For a sitting U.S. president to see our allies as freeloaders is nuts. Jim Mattis

President Our Nuts See Allies Sitting

The economy's always been the engine for our national security. Jim Mattis

National Our Security Economy Always Been National Security Engine

Read about history, and you become aware that nothing starts with us. Jim Mattis

History You Become Nothing Starts About Read Us Aware

I'm on record that it didn't really traumatize me to do away with some people. Jim Mattis

Me People Some People Record Some Really Away

You must reward the kind of behavior that you want. Jim Mattis

You Behavior Reward Kind Must Want

Basically, Islamic State is a combined al Qaeda and Lebanese Hezbollah on steroids, destabilizing the region, dissolving borders/changing the political geography in the Mid-east, and hardening political positions that make Mid-east peace-building more remote by the day. Jim Mattis

Day Political Positions State More Combined Remote Steroids Make Islamic Geography Lebanese Region Al Hardening Al-Qaeda Basically

Most people know nobody in the military. Jim Mattis

People Military Nobody Know Most

Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn't happen. If that's the case, then your sense of risk is much higher, and that leads to risk aversion. You need to be able to be comfortable in uncertainty. Jim Mattis

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I have never thought it necessary to patronize the American people. Jim Mattis

People Thought Never American Patronize American People Necessary

Gains achieved at great cost against our enemy in Afghanistan are reversible. Jim Mattis

Great Enemy Our Cost Afghanistan Achieved Against Gains

The military can buy our diplomats some time. Jim Mattis

Buy Time Military Our Some Diplomats

If you can't eat it, shoot it, or wear it, don't bring it. Jim Mattis

You Wear Eat Shoot Bring

We all recognize that the Mid-east is dissolving into crises, and we know terrorism did not start with 9-11. Jim Mattis

Terrorism Crises Recognize Know Did Start

Sometimes there are no good guys. There are no bad guys. It seems like everybody is in the middle. Jim Mattis

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What we achieved was a nuclear pause, not a nuclear halt. Jim Mattis

Halt Achieved Pause Nuclear

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