Mollie Hemingway on Mattis: ‘We Were Not Seeing the President’s Foreign Policy Being Implemented By Everyone in the Pentagon’

‘It was one of the reason the American people elected him, because he was going to depart from our foreign policy posture that involved wars’

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HEMINGWAY: “It is interesting. I suggested a few weeks ago on special report that it might be a good departure. I think this week showed why, general Mattis is obviously someone externally qualified and well loved. It is also true we were not seeing the president’s foreign policy being implemented by everyone in the Pentagon. President Trump could not have been clearer, going back to 2013, that he did not believe endless war in Syria is a good idea. He has said repeatedly and consistently, and for some reason, the plans of the State Department and Pentagon keep putting forth involve staying there a long time. Obviously, there was a conflict there. The president, according to the Constitution, his commander in chief, not someone — the responsibility is with him, and he has the right to a cabinet that supports his foreign policy. It was one of the reason the American people elected him, because he was going to depart from our foreign policy posture that involved wars. The war in Afghanistan is now on its 17th year. A lot of Americans say we should fight wars quickly, get them done, cheat our victory, and bring our troops home.”

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