That is just good PR, many of us already can see trough the facade, never the less, the U. S. still keep the facade of being benevolent and nice, it had run since his creation, nice and benevolent until stab you in the back, burn your village and kill your people.
What facade is the US pushing when the military budget is $750 billion a year? When most of the world's countries looks for the official American response to foreign policy, where does this benevolent or nice facade come into play? You can't be that naive to think that other countries view the US as benevolent.
They believed that back in the 90', as Jimmy Dore had say, Democratic President put a nice smile to horrible policies, look at the Rwanda genocide and the conflict in the Balkans, the U. S. profited directly for that by arming war lords and saying so many nice things about them meanwhile they slaughter the local population and torn apart the country. That facade lasted until Bush, but it was revive under Obama even that he was escalating the conflicts. This facade is very old, is the facade that they sold to their own population when they were fighting against the British Empire, to hide the real reasons why they were doing so, they want to think themselves as benevolent and nice, the eternal rebel alliance fighting against the horrible empire, even that they had become that empire.
Yea, I saw that crappy Nic Cage movie "Lord of War" as well. If I remember correctly it was the UN that oversaw the peacekeeping in both Rwanda and the Balkans and if memory serves, the Catholic church was a major reason the genocide in Rwanda took place and continued for as long as it did. The Pope even apologized for that.
vick3d For the military complex, yes you are absolutely correct. But the corporation's promoting the constant conflict are doing it for resources. There is equal blame to go around.
My father was a Officer and one of the co founders in Executive Outcomes after the Apartheid regime began to fall apart in 1989. Post 1992 he never was the same person again.
i am from europe and i have to say i have often seen this attitude from americans online. they will dodge, deflect and deny any attempt to show them the corruption of their country.
I'm in the army and every 1 I have met loves Mattis and every military social media page does so for the people on outside looking in, need to realize he's the best hope we had for sec def
Glad to see you're still going strong, Kyle. Here's to hoping you'll drop The Young Armenian Genocide Deniers and be successful enough to finance things solo.
What kind of expertise would General Dynamics get out of an infantry general like Mad Dog Mattis? Oh wait.... it's not about "expertise". It's about influence.
Yairo Martis being a General in the armed forces isn't nearly as simple as it sounds. Join the Military and understand what Officers actually do. They don't conduct training or fight, they plan ops and coordinate movements. They basically cover the operations side of the Military. Supply, intel, support, management, mission assesment, etc. They get paid the big bucks because they recieve a mission and figure out what they need to do to accomplish it. That's why Contractors love these guys. They are problem solvers and multitasking aficionados. I don't honestly believe Mattis would sellout after his long career to providing for his Marines, by escalating danger. Mattis has nothing to gain from prolonging the war effort, he did his time and his pension as a retired Marine General is more than enough to live on a beach somewhere. He does his job because he actually cares about the service men and women and wants to ensure on his end that the mission is still getting done, and ensuring as low of a risk as possible for his enlisted personnel. You'd have to be in the Military to understand
Bernie Sanders voted in favor of James Mattis.... and JOHN KELLY! These people are madman. I don't know about you guys, but I wouldn't vote Bernie if he moved to a peoples party.
Ohh Mattis. I like you... The most sad part of this afghanistan-mess goes against everything you said in your book (the mattis way of war, a book everyone interested in military history should read) Still one of our times most promiment generals, but reasons like this is why he never will make it further
Mattis is an example of a down to earth guy who is too closely tied to a hobby. Only rather being that nice guy who is super into DnD and snaps at you for not taking it seriously, his passion is connected in the military. After spending so much time in the military that has basically become everything for him, especially after all the years he spent as a commander in the middle east. In his case I don't think its the money that's making him push for this, its just his nature, all he really knows is running military operations for combat units and his go to response will be biased from his personal successes in the region.
Kyle I'm curious what you think about what would happen if the type of campaign finance reform you advocate for were to happen? In my view, those with the cash to play are always going to game the game. Big money funds superpacs which buy commercials and mostly other forms of media. Instead of directly funding superpacs would they not just skip to bribing media companies if the kind of reform you are talking about were to happen? Everyone knows what wins elections in the USA... TV commercials
Good Ol' English Guy Marine Corps officer here. Idk how the air force is, but if you were gonna be an officer in the Marines I'd tell you to slowly remove your nails with pliers for the same effect. I wouldn't wish this lifestyle on my worst enemy and often pray for death before I go to sleep. It absolutely sucks.
Well why would you join the Marines in the first place then haha? I mean, there's no secrets to what you'd be getting into with them. It's the bloody Marines haha. I'm genuinely curious as to why you would choose that route. And Air Force OTS- Officer Training School- seems like the least intense of the 4 main branches... At least from what I've seen and heard of it compared to the Navy's OCS, and especially compared to what the Army and Marines offer for their officer training programs. Anyways, with all that said, I think it's quite awesome that you're a Marine Corps officer. What specific position do you have, if you don't mine me asking?
Good Ol' English Guy I'm an infantry officer. I'm what I was thinking man, Idk. Dumb decision and one I fully regret. No matter the branch i would just say make sure you think long and hard about it.
Shaun Hurst doesn't mean I'm not professional in front of my men. I'm a good officer and I have a great relationship with my Marines, but the institution is completely broken beyond repair.
Soooo does anyone wanna invest in any of the contractors with me? If our country is gonna be this openly corrupt we might as well make a few 100k off of it
Hanson Lee the info is being used to portray a false representation of Sec of War Mattis. Yes he recieved money to work for General Dynamics but I don't think he'd sell out his long career of serving his fellow Marines, just to escalate a war they still have to fight. He has more than enough money from his retirement to live comfy on a beach somewhere, so what does he have to gain by making more money? Perhaps the ability to ensure that more civilians and soldiers working with the contractors have the best advantage against an enemy and region he knows all to well? Seems like the only logical motive given what we do know about his character
How is he not legit? He worked for General Dynamics, then was offered the opportunity of a lifetime to be Secretary of Defense so he left his job and took the Department of Defense job. Who wouldn't have done the same? There is no evidence that he still owns stock in General Dynamics and there is certainly no evidence for corruption. This seems to be gearing up to be more of a witch hunt than an objective inquiry into Mattis's relationship with Defense contractors. You shouldn't rely on Kyle to accurately relay information on military matters. He clearly has an axe to grind with anyone and everyone who isn't an isolationist when it comes to foreign policy.
" then was offered the opportunity of a lifetime to be Secretary of Defense " in the trump administration... the one administration that can't get no one to fill it's heavily empty seats/positions becasue it is seen as a career killer and embarrassment...? "Who wouldn't have done the same?" anyone with dignity. class, professionalism, sense, self respect, and who ever wanted anyone to look at them with respect eve again? "There is no evidence that he still owns stock in General Dynamics " By the same logic there is no evidence he doesn't...
Being in charge of the greatest military in the history of the world is an opportunity of a lifetime regardless of who is President. If you think someone's willingness to take such an opportunity is indicative of a lack of dignity, self-respect and professionalism, you should probably sit out from most adult discussions. "By the same logic there is no evidence he doesn't..." How old are you? I wouldn't even expect this kind of backwards thinking from a middle schooler. Let's use this incoherent reasoning with someone like Bernie Sanders. "There's no evidence that Bernie Sanders was once a drug dealer... but by that same logic there is also no evidence that he wasn't once a drug dealer. Therefore, claims about Bernie Sanders being a drug dealer are valid (or in the case of Mattis, claims of Mattis being corrupt are valid)." I truly hope I am not speaking to an adult here because I'm getting tired of the education system consistently producing "adults" incapable of applying the most rudimentary reasoning.
I don't see Mattis as a warmonger. It seems that when you have military advisors, they'll be biased towards the military solutions, but Mattis hasn't been afraid to say that military solutions in any number of states which we have antagonistic relations with (Iran, North Korea) would be horrible, and should be the absolute last resort. That type of maturity and understanding of the shittiness of war is absolutely the type of mentality I think all SecDefs and Presidents should have. If only Bush and Cheney had had that type of outlook.
Mattis did nothing to stop trump ripping up all legislation and attempts to prevent civilian deaths in bombing/done attacks... in fact all he did was increase bombing and drone attacks ten fold...more civilians have been killed by drones/bombing under the trump government then under Obama's last term in the fall of 2016.
Mckenzie .Latham And? What does that have to do with starting new conflicts? And what domestic legislation outlaws the use of force against enemies of the U.S.? Obama micromanaged and constrained the military, Trump isn't. The field commanders know best how to kill the enemy whilst mitigating civilian casualties, not myopic rules of engagement set out by the President.
Mckenzie .Latham And, yes, civilians die in war, but when you are in a war, you do what is practical to prevent that, but you don't let it stop you from defeating the enemy. These guys we've been fighting in the region, like ISIS, the Ba'ath Party, etc., are constantly using civilians as shields, and while we can and should distinguish between an opportune and inopportune chance to hit them, we also need to account for strategy, and that if we let these nutjobs go for fear of killing a couple civilians, they could go on to kill a hundred civilians in a terrorist attack, or kill our troops. Obama's rules of engagement kept our servicemen in large part from doing their job. Civilian casualties are a part of war, and if that stuns you, you're just too fragile for a reality of which war is part.
For the last few times, I've criticized Trump's moves in Syria and Iraq and with his decisions abroad, and I have to say I ate my words considering how successful he has been. Thanks to his intervention, Iraq was able to reclaim its territory and ISIS is now on the run. Because of this, I think I'm going to take a wait-and-see approach with the Afghanistan situation. If more troops are added and the situation improves, I will happily support Trump on this. If it just gets into another bogged-down mess, I will give Trump his proper criticism, but I'm waiting for results this time.
Global Warming Skeptic The Iraqi Army took back Mosul, not us. And why wait and see? It's dead obvious he's corrupt and the people with in the cabinet are corrupt. If it was Hilary, you wouldn't "wait and see". You would rip her a new asshole.
Mosul was taken back because it became isolated, as Trump has launched a multiple pronged attack to eliminate ISIS lines of communications and logistics. We made it easy for the Iraqi army to take it back. This would not have been possible under Obama because Obama already tried to take Mosul. Know the difference? Trump wasn't going to give any heads up to our enemies as to when they were going to be attacked. Obama, who was nothing other than a PR president and didn't actually do anything to help the region, would announce strategy months in advance to the media, which makes it easy to react. Yeah, take an abandoned Mosul and then get crushed in a counter attack. I already did rip Trump a new asshole MULTIPLE times over his military interventions and was infuriated, but I am willing to admit that I'm wrong when I'm proven to be wrong, and Trump proved me wrong, that he is more than capable of handling the situation. We don't have an incompetent president. We have someone who is actually effective because he does listen to the people on the gorund, the people who are actually fighting and understand the situation. Sure there is corruption, and as I said, you have to judge these things based on the success of the plan, but thus far Trump has proven himself to me, so I'm willing to now give him some benefit of the doubt, with hope that the outcome will be positive.
+Scorpio The US has been providing the Iraqi Army (and the Syrian Democratic Forces) arms, training, air support, and logistical support in their fight against ISIS. It's a joint effort, even if the ISF and SDF have been the primary ground force.
I enjoy Kyle's channel and wholeheartedly agree with him on every Domestic subject but every time he delves into military issue or International issues he steps on his own dick. First off this news is from December 2016 covered by CNN, MSNBC, NYT,WP and Politico and Breitbart (who was against the Mattis being selected). along with virtually all other MSM. Mattis was forthcoming and only received stock pay and lost about half the income because he did not hold the position long enough to vest. It was also small potatoes for Mattis who gave up a 3 million dollar income to a Publisher because he could not send the final manuscript of his concerning Civilian Military relationship the heart of which is a personal theme of his that divorce of Liberalism from Patriotism in our Republic's group think is a tragedy allowing one side to claim the Flag in our internal politics which has been disastrous. Mattis made more money working for Susan Rice and Ash Carter smoothing over ruffled Sunni and Israeli feathers for the Obama adminstration during the Iran Nuke deal, a deal he did not like. This was after Obama fired him for his recaltrance towrds it at CentCom. The sytem brought up is nothing to GD compared to the 18 billion and climbing Virginia class replacement for the Ohio class approved by Obama that hopefully is never needed or Mattis being one the Infantry Commnders against the incorporation of the F-35 into a CAS role. Bernie Sanders supported this boondoggle mission for the F-35 BTW. The system in question is attached to the LAV contract to replace the HUMVEE. The LAV out performs the HUMVEE in every possible way, fewer are need because of their seating capacity, better fuel efficiency, better protection and much more reliable mechanically. all reduce necessary tail of operations. It allowsfor greater tactical coordination which lets fewer trigger pullers do more (radar in the Battle of Britain diod the same thing for the British) and gives real time lcationing so US soldiers and Marines don't accidently kill each other (infamous blue on blue) Feel free to disagree with Mattis on numerous issues I know I do I think he is to aggressive and his support of the Syrian Kurds is very dangerous geopolitically, there was a reason we did not engage the PKK (listed terrorists) and the elder cousins of their Syrian Brethren.the entire time we were in Iraq. We did not engage them diplomatically or militarily even though their checkpoints were less 500 meters from our own in certain areas. Even when they got down to killing of a Turkish Peshmetrga incursion to the Qandil that ended in disaster according to the Turkish Chief of Staff at the time Ozel. They are really difficult these men and women of the YPG/YPJ more pragmatic than their PKK brethren they are also much more dangerous.Though I think Kyle would love their politics which are wierd as fuck, I don't. Guys like Mattis and Dunford love these guys because they show up for training early and stay late, so did the Vietminh. Mattis ultimately scares me because you have to go back generations to find a General this popular among the troops the Joint Chief of Staff Dunford is his acolyte for God's sake, Kelly served as his #2 multiple times. Gillebrand tried to warn us that any General but this one. If he decides enough is enough from the SECDEF position with this Orange clown the military will follow.. He has made noises in his public speeches about crappiness and general tenor of our politics, it is probably an innocent observation, we better hope it is.
First, I'll start by saying I tend to agree with Kyle on 90%+ of topics. I'm a defense contractor that makes hundreds of thousands of dollars based on my skill set from my time in the military in which I was an aviation non-commissioned officer. Working for defense companies is something many veterans do because the pay is attractive as well as the benefits package plus it tends to be an almost identical job as the military work they've just left. I've worked in the Middle East for the past 5 years and one thing I've learned is that the Arab countries will buy weapons from whoever is suppling them but then will request civilian advisors from the country suppling the arms to train the local (Arab) soldiers as well as help professionally maintain the products. What Kyle did was dishonest in the way he tied Mattis working for General Dynamics as a consultant to future corruption. Mattis had the job years before the presidential election so whatever he was doing was no different that thousands of former military personnel...using his military experience to be successful in the private sector.
I happen to work for Boeing's defense element. One year before I joined the company the stock was priced around $50 a share. But now it's at $230 a share and not because of Boeing Defense. The commercial side that produces the 777, 787-8, 9, 10, and the massed produced aircraft in history the 737-800, 900, and soon the 737-MAX. Commercial products drive the industry because companies want the new hotness. Governments can't afford to replace 2,500 aging F-16s, F-18s, A-10s, UH-60s, or Minutemen ICBMs. So defense companies are paid to update and upgrade weapons platforms by the lowest bidder.
"Working for defense companies is something many veterans do because the pay is attractive as well as the benefits package plus it tends to be an almost identical job as the military work they've just left. " The same way backwater and or mercenary groups are often built from soldiers no longer in their respective armies... mercenaries is the better term...defense contractors is a PC term and we're tired of PC terms are we not? "What Kyle did was dishonest in the way he tied Mattis working for General Dynamics as a consultant to future corruption. Mattis had the job years before the presidential election so whatever he was doing was no different that thousands of former military personnel.." I think the point was the conflict of interests when going into the government was the issue... Again Mattis has every reason to side with defense contractors over his responsibility to the country... defense contractors pay better money then the tax payers and that's all anyone really gives a shit about.
"I think the original article was from HuffPost, an entirely partial outlet with an agenda that does not let facts or chronology interfere with a good smear job." The huffington post has praised and defended mattis constantly. in fact they among many other news organizations are of the opinion, he and the other generals are the only hope/voices of reason in the current establishment.
Well... he's the secretary of defense, his position is supposed to be war. I agree that we need to get the money out of politics, but the war decisions aren't his to make, it's Trump's. We are not a democracy Kyle. Stop saying we are. We aren't, never were, and hopefully never will be.
Jon Rosen I'd rather live in a constitutional republic that protects rights instead of bending to the will of a majority. The problem is that we've treated our country as a democracy for so long that we've fallen into a de-facto oligarchy, which is the tendency of democracies. The answer isn't more democracy, it's more freedom.
JimmyMcGoogle actually I disagree with him, because I think the secretary of defense should be a war guy, we just need a president that isn't stupid enough to just do what the last guy in the room said.
We're a Republican democracy. We could easily ratify a Constitution that enslaves the population, given an overwhelming popular vote. But yes, it is sensible to remove some rights and topics of discussion from the everyday Congressional or state legislature's jurisdiction, and codify it in a document that requires much more effort to amend, and who's amendments will stand far longer than any statute (part of why the "living Constitution" theory is dangerous)
TheRefractingOne we're a constitutional republic, for more evidence on that research Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin on democracy. We were designed to be a republic, to protect individual liberty, not to bend to the tyranny of the majority. There can be no freedom so long as democracy exists.
it still confuses me that they are called 'defense contractors' surely their 'offense contractors' at this point right?
That is just good PR, many of us already can see trough the facade, never the less, the U. S. still keep the facade of being benevolent and nice, it had run since his creation, nice and benevolent until stab you in the back, burn your village and kill your people.
Offense is allegedly the best defense.
What facade is the US pushing when the military budget is $750 billion a year? When most of the world's countries looks for the official American response to foreign policy, where does this benevolent or nice facade come into play? You can't be that naive to think that other countries view the US as benevolent.
They believed that back in the 90', as Jimmy Dore had say, Democratic President put a nice smile to horrible policies, look at the Rwanda genocide and the conflict in the Balkans, the U. S. profited directly for that by arming war lords and saying so many nice things about them meanwhile they slaughter the local population and torn apart the country. That facade lasted until Bush, but it was revive under Obama even that he was escalating the conflicts. This facade is very old, is the facade that they sold to their own population when they were fighting against the British Empire, to hide the real reasons why they were doing so, they want to think themselves as benevolent and nice, the eternal rebel alliance fighting against the horrible empire, even that they had become that empire.
Yea, I saw that crappy Nic Cage movie "Lord of War" as well. If I remember correctly it was the UN that oversaw the peacekeeping in both Rwanda and the Balkans and if memory serves, the Catholic church was a major reason the genocide in Rwanda took place and continued for as long as it did. The Pope even apologized for that.
It's was never about the Taliban, Al Qaeda or Osama bin Laden. It's about money.
Amir Fahmi oil as well
lukus johnson which equals money, but you are correct nonetheless.
Wars are fought for many reasons, resource wars would be the most accurate way to describe most of these conflicts.
vick3d
For the military complex, yes you are absolutely correct. But the corporation's promoting the constant conflict are doing it for resources. There is equal blame to go around.
Amir Fahmi 90% of the worlds opium,2 trillion in minerals,Imperialism,a Launch Pad to Iran,and Middle Finger to Communist Made Enemies.
Still draining the swamp, Trump supporters?
Of course, they are draining it with a straw into their mouths.
HOBO RAIDERS It's not corruption when THEY agree with it.
they are draining a swamp into the whitehouse
HOBO RAIDERS You're talking to a straw man.
@Jason Jones , Yep the military industrial complex showed drumpf the JFK secret film.
My father was a Officer and one of the co founders in Executive Outcomes after the Apartheid regime began to fall apart in 1989. Post 1992 he never was the same person again.
"Profit Over People" should be written somewhere in our national anthem at this point.
That good ol' classic corruption
Will the " classical liberals " Dave Rubin and Carl of Swindon talk about this?
*I wait with baited breath.*
He would spin it and blame it on the left ...
i am from europe and i have to say i have often seen this attitude from americans online. they will dodge, deflect and deny any attempt to show them the corruption of their country.
They are very corrupt. Bigly.
spot on Kyle. It is terrible.
Hypocrit Kyle.... What 'bout the big Selzer money eh?
xzcczxc// Jesus Fucking Christ. Hilarious.
xzcczxc Big seltzer defence contractors currently are Lobbing to Invade Fiji to Monopolies Fiji Water.
How shamelessly obvious can they be?
Thanks for voting him in Warren and Sanders!
Warren is a defense industry whore , while Bernie was always shit when it came to foreign policy .
The Trump administration is corrupt? I had no idea. I'm shocked by this behavior. (Sarcasm)
"Bigly tremendous. Absolutely."
"Believe me"
I'm in the army and every 1 I have met loves Mattis and every military social media page does so for the people on outside looking in, need to realize he's the best hope we had for sec def
Glad to see you're still going strong, Kyle. Here's to hoping you'll drop The Young Armenian Genocide Deniers and be successful enough to finance things solo.
Doesn't surprise me.
What kind of expertise would General Dynamics get out of an infantry general like Mad Dog Mattis? Oh wait.... it's not about "expertise". It's about influence.
Yairo Martis being a General in the armed forces isn't nearly as simple as it sounds. Join the Military and understand what Officers actually do. They don't conduct training or fight, they plan ops and coordinate movements. They basically cover the operations side of the Military. Supply, intel, support, management, mission assesment, etc. They get paid the big bucks because they recieve a mission and figure out what they need to do to accomplish it. That's why Contractors love these guys. They are problem solvers and multitasking aficionados. I don't honestly believe Mattis would sellout after his long career to providing for his Marines, by escalating danger. Mattis has nothing to gain from prolonging the war effort, he did his time and his pension as a retired Marine General is more than enough to live on a beach somewhere. He does his job because he actually cares about the service men and women and wants to ensure on his end that the mission is still getting done, and ensuring as low of a risk as possible for his enlisted personnel. You'd have to be in the Military to understand
*shakes fist at white house*
Capitalism...
I totally fucking disgusted about corruption in the US
Bernie Sanders voted in favor of James Mattis.... and JOHN KELLY! These people are madman. I don't know about you guys, but I wouldn't vote Bernie if he moved to a peoples party.
Brandon Cawley I like pretty too, but unfortunately he is a war hawk.
how the fuck is that ok and not an insane conflict of interest?
I hope RUclips hasn't been deleting any of your videos Kyle.
And I used to work for general dynamics
Corrupt politician appoints corrupt advisers - what else is new?
Foxhound?
Colonel!? What the hell is going on here?!
I ❤️ my SecDef Mad Dog Mattis.
Ohh Mattis. I like you... The most sad part of this afghanistan-mess goes against everything you said in your book (the mattis way of war, a book everyone interested in military history should read)
Still one of our times most promiment generals, but reasons like this is why he never will make it further
Mattis is an example of a down to earth guy who is too closely tied to a hobby. Only rather being that nice guy who is super into DnD and snaps at you for not taking it seriously, his passion is connected in the military. After spending so much time in the military that has basically become everything for him, especially after all the years he spent as a commander in the middle east. In his case I don't think its the money that's making him push for this, its just his nature, all he really knows is running military operations for combat units and his go to response will be biased from his personal successes in the region.
Might be a lot less likely to change his mind if it means losing all that money though.
Why is that legal? Or is it?
Money. Gets. Shit. Done.
I met the Secretary of Defense when I was at the Pentagon. Lol
Who would thumbs down this??
he's still my favourite cabinet attendee of Trumps
No say it isn't so duh ! Its so messed up what these people think this is ok even better they just don't care
Kyle I'm curious what you think about what would happen if the type of campaign finance reform you advocate for were to happen? In my view, those with the cash to play are always going to game the game. Big money funds superpacs which buy commercials and mostly other forms of media. Instead of directly funding superpacs would they not just skip to bribing media companies if the kind of reform you are talking about were to happen? Everyone knows what wins elections in the USA... TV commercials
He did say that he's paid to have a rather dim outlook on Iran
Oh boy! I can't wait to join a never ending war in some pointless region of the world as an Air Force officer within the next few years! Yippee -.-
Good Ol' English Guy Marine Corps officer here. Idk how the air force is, but if you were gonna be an officer in the Marines I'd tell you to slowly remove your nails with pliers for the same effect. I wouldn't wish this lifestyle on my worst enemy and often pray for death before I go to sleep. It absolutely sucks.
Well why would you join the Marines in the first place then haha? I mean, there's no secrets to what you'd be getting into with them. It's the bloody Marines haha. I'm genuinely curious as to why you would choose that route. And Air Force OTS- Officer Training School- seems like the least intense of the 4 main branches... At least from what I've seen and heard of it compared to the Navy's OCS, and especially compared to what the Army and Marines offer for their officer training programs. Anyways, with all that said, I think it's quite awesome that you're a Marine Corps officer. What specific position do you have, if you don't mine me asking?
Good Ol' English Guy I'm an infantry officer. I'm what I was thinking man, Idk. Dumb decision and one I fully regret. No matter the branch i would just say make sure you think long and hard about it.
This is why enlisted men roll their eyes whenever an officer is talking.
Shaun Hurst doesn't mean I'm not professional in front of my men. I'm a good officer and I have a great relationship with my Marines, but the institution is completely broken beyond repair.
Kyle.. I'm seeing nothing by right wing ads.. What the hell..
Drain the swamp
Soooo does anyone wanna invest in any of the contractors with me? If our country is gonna be this openly corrupt we might as well make a few 100k off of it
my fav time of the day
RUclips monetizes liberal podcasts but not conservative one. Noticed?
not surprised
War: It's Great for Business.
I'm monster for saying it but I kind of wonder how army modern day mercs will deal with it... Just kind of curious.
Wow, I used to think that Mattis was legit due to his pragmatic mindset that is needed for our military problems.
I guess not....
Hanson Lee the info is being used to portray a false representation of Sec of War Mattis. Yes he recieved money to work for General Dynamics but I don't think he'd sell out his long career of serving his fellow Marines, just to escalate a war they still have to fight. He has more than enough money from his retirement to live comfy on a beach somewhere, so what does he have to gain by making more money? Perhaps the ability to ensure that more civilians and soldiers working with the contractors have the best advantage against an enemy and region he knows all to well? Seems like the only logical motive given what we do know about his character
How is he not legit? He worked for General Dynamics, then was offered the opportunity of a lifetime to be Secretary of Defense so he left his job and took the Department of Defense job. Who wouldn't have done the same? There is no evidence that he still owns stock in General Dynamics and there is certainly no evidence for corruption. This seems to be gearing up to be more of a witch hunt than an objective inquiry into Mattis's relationship with Defense contractors. You shouldn't rely on Kyle to accurately relay information on military matters. He clearly has an axe to grind with anyone and everyone who isn't an isolationist when it comes to foreign policy.
That's not a bad point.
However, it just sucks how the United States is deeply dug into the military industrial complex...
" then was offered the opportunity of a lifetime to be Secretary of Defense "
in the trump administration...
the one administration that can't get no one to fill it's heavily empty seats/positions becasue it is seen as a career killer and embarrassment...?
"Who wouldn't have done the same?"
anyone with dignity. class, professionalism, sense, self respect, and who ever wanted anyone to look at them with respect eve again?
"There is no evidence that he still owns stock in General Dynamics "
By the same logic there is no evidence he doesn't...
Being in charge of the greatest military in the history of the world is an opportunity of a lifetime regardless of who is President. If you think someone's willingness to take such an opportunity is indicative of a lack of dignity, self-respect and professionalism, you should probably sit out from most adult discussions.
"By the same logic there is no evidence he doesn't..."
How old are you? I wouldn't even expect this kind of backwards thinking from a middle schooler. Let's use this incoherent reasoning with someone like Bernie Sanders.
"There's no evidence that Bernie Sanders was once a drug dealer... but by that same logic there is also no evidence that he wasn't once a drug dealer. Therefore, claims about Bernie Sanders being a drug dealer are valid (or in the case of Mattis, claims of Mattis being corrupt are valid)."
I truly hope I am not speaking to an adult here because I'm getting tired of the education system consistently producing "adults" incapable of applying the most rudimentary reasoning.
Michael Flynn > Jim Mattis
I wonder if James Mattis would even blush if he watched this video ?
So was Ash Carter.
Where were you, Kyle?
Not an argument
I don't see Mattis as a warmonger. It seems that when you have military advisors, they'll be biased towards the military solutions, but Mattis hasn't been afraid to say that military solutions in any number of states which we have antagonistic relations with (Iran, North Korea) would be horrible, and should be the absolute last resort.
That type of maturity and understanding of the shittiness of war is absolutely the type of mentality I think all SecDefs and Presidents should have. If only Bush and Cheney had had that type of outlook.
Mattis did nothing to stop trump ripping up all legislation and attempts to prevent civilian deaths in bombing/done attacks...
in fact all he did was increase bombing and drone attacks ten fold...more civilians have been killed by drones/bombing under the trump government then under Obama's last term in the fall of 2016.
Mckenzie .Latham And? What does that have to do with starting new conflicts?
And what domestic legislation outlaws the use of force against enemies of the U.S.? Obama micromanaged and constrained the military, Trump isn't. The field commanders know best how to kill the enemy whilst mitigating civilian casualties, not myopic rules of engagement set out by the President.
Mckenzie .Latham And, yes, civilians die in war, but when you are in a war, you do what is practical to prevent that, but you don't let it stop you from defeating the enemy.
These guys we've been fighting in the region, like ISIS, the Ba'ath Party, etc., are constantly using civilians as shields, and while we can and should distinguish between an opportune and inopportune chance to hit them, we also need to account for strategy, and that if we let these nutjobs go for fear of killing a couple civilians, they could go on to kill a hundred civilians in a terrorist attack, or kill our troops. Obama's rules of engagement kept our servicemen in large part from doing their job.
Civilian casualties are a part of war, and if that stuns you, you're just too fragile for a reality of which war is part.
I have a great idea. How about let's get a bunch of guys who don't know anything about war to run the defense department. Should work great.
In the age of information they still do this shit 😂😂😂
You said reporting from tyt and all credibility flew out the window.
I like this guy.i don't want him to sell out. I want mad dog foe prez
read this paper: American Politics - Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens. Read it and read it again :V....
Is America Great Again yet?
DRAIN. THE. SWAMP.
Kyle becoming awake
T-Rye-T, is that the Young Turks new bakery business venture?
Will Dave Rubin or Sargon mention this? Probably not
CODfanboylover papoose and Remy MA
Hard to talk clearly when trying to milk Don's shriveled cheeto.
doesn't he watch jimmy dore
For the last few times, I've criticized Trump's moves in Syria and Iraq and with his decisions abroad, and I have to say I ate my words considering how successful he has been. Thanks to his intervention, Iraq was able to reclaim its territory and ISIS is now on the run. Because of this, I think I'm going to take a wait-and-see approach with the Afghanistan situation. If more troops are added and the situation improves, I will happily support Trump on this. If it just gets into another bogged-down mess, I will give Trump his proper criticism, but I'm waiting for results this time.
Global Warming Skeptic The Iraqi Army took back Mosul, not us. And why wait and see? It's dead obvious he's corrupt and the people with in the cabinet are corrupt. If it was Hilary, you wouldn't "wait and see". You would rip her a new asshole.
Mosul was taken back because it became isolated, as Trump has launched a multiple pronged attack to eliminate ISIS lines of communications and logistics. We made it easy for the Iraqi army to take it back. This would not have been possible under Obama because Obama already tried to take Mosul. Know the difference? Trump wasn't going to give any heads up to our enemies as to when they were going to be attacked. Obama, who was nothing other than a PR president and didn't actually do anything to help the region, would announce strategy months in advance to the media, which makes it easy to react. Yeah, take an abandoned Mosul and then get crushed in a counter attack.
I already did rip Trump a new asshole MULTIPLE times over his military interventions and was infuriated, but I am willing to admit that I'm wrong when I'm proven to be wrong, and Trump proved me wrong, that he is more than capable of handling the situation. We don't have an incompetent president. We have someone who is actually effective because he does listen to the people on the gorund, the people who are actually fighting and understand the situation. Sure there is corruption, and as I said, you have to judge these things based on the success of the plan, but thus far Trump has proven himself to me, so I'm willing to now give him some benefit of the doubt, with hope that the outcome will be positive.
+Scorpio The US has been providing the Iraqi Army (and the Syrian Democratic Forces) arms, training, air support, and logistical support in their fight against ISIS.
It's a joint effort, even if the ISF and SDF have been the primary ground force.
I enjoy Kyle's channel and wholeheartedly agree with him on every Domestic subject but every time he delves into military issue or International issues he steps on his own dick. First off this news is from December 2016 covered by CNN, MSNBC, NYT,WP and Politico and Breitbart (who was against the Mattis being selected). along with virtually all other MSM. Mattis was forthcoming and only received stock pay and lost about half the income because he did not hold the position long enough to vest. It was also small potatoes for Mattis who gave up a 3 million dollar income to a Publisher because he could not send the final manuscript of his concerning Civilian Military relationship the heart of which is a personal theme of his that divorce of Liberalism from Patriotism in our Republic's group think is a tragedy allowing one side to claim the Flag in our internal politics which has been disastrous.
Mattis made more money working for Susan Rice and Ash Carter smoothing over ruffled Sunni and Israeli feathers for the Obama adminstration during the Iran Nuke deal, a deal he did not like. This was after Obama fired him for his recaltrance towrds it at CentCom.
The sytem brought up is nothing to GD compared to the 18 billion and climbing Virginia class replacement for the Ohio class approved by Obama that hopefully is never needed or Mattis being one the Infantry Commnders against the incorporation of the F-35 into a CAS role. Bernie Sanders supported this boondoggle mission for the F-35 BTW. The system in question is attached to the LAV contract to replace the HUMVEE. The LAV out performs the HUMVEE in every possible way, fewer are need because of their seating capacity, better fuel efficiency, better protection and much more reliable mechanically. all reduce necessary tail of operations. It allowsfor greater tactical coordination which lets fewer trigger pullers do more (radar in the Battle of Britain diod the same thing for the British) and gives real time lcationing so US soldiers and Marines don't accidently kill each other (infamous blue on blue)
Feel free to disagree with Mattis on numerous issues I know I do I think he is to aggressive and his support of the Syrian Kurds is very dangerous geopolitically, there was a reason we did not engage the PKK (listed terrorists) and the elder cousins of their Syrian Brethren.the entire time we were in Iraq. We did not engage them diplomatically or militarily even though their checkpoints were less 500 meters from our own in certain areas. Even when they got down to killing of a Turkish Peshmetrga incursion to the Qandil that ended in disaster according to the Turkish Chief of Staff at the time Ozel. They are really difficult these men and women of the YPG/YPJ more pragmatic than their PKK brethren they are also much more dangerous.Though I think Kyle would love their politics which are wierd as fuck, I don't. Guys like Mattis and Dunford love these guys because they show up for training early and stay late, so did the Vietminh.
Mattis ultimately scares me because you have to go back generations to find a General this popular among the troops the Joint Chief of Staff Dunford is his acolyte for God's sake, Kelly served as his #2 multiple times. Gillebrand tried to warn us that any General but this one. If he decides enough is enough from the SECDEF position with this Orange clown the military will follow.. He has made noises in his public speeches about crappiness and general tenor of our politics, it is probably an innocent observation, we better hope it is.
hello revolving door, mattis is nothing more than cheney v2.0
No shit
Shame on thif
First, but probably not.
Kyle do you like Papoose?
Ah warmongering..cui bono?
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Japanese riberu propaganda.
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First, I'll start by saying I tend to agree with Kyle on 90%+ of topics.
I'm a defense contractor that makes hundreds of thousands of dollars based on my skill set from my time in the military in which I was an aviation non-commissioned officer. Working for defense companies is something many veterans do because the pay is attractive as well as the benefits package plus it tends to be an almost identical job as the military work they've just left.
I've worked in the Middle East for the past 5 years and one thing I've learned is that the Arab countries will buy weapons from whoever is suppling them but then will request civilian advisors from the country suppling the arms to train the local (Arab) soldiers as well as help professionally maintain the products. What Kyle did was dishonest in the way he tied Mattis working for General Dynamics as a consultant to future corruption. Mattis had the job years before the presidential election so whatever he was doing was no different that thousands of former military personnel...using his military experience to be successful in the private sector.
Agree mate everyone these days is so quick to judgement and label anything corruption however they never dig deeper and unearth other information
I happen to work for Boeing's defense element. One year before I joined the company the stock was priced around $50 a share. But now it's at $230 a share and not because of Boeing Defense. The commercial side that produces the 777, 787-8, 9, 10, and the massed produced aircraft in history the 737-800, 900, and soon the 737-MAX. Commercial products drive the industry because companies want the new hotness. Governments can't afford to replace 2,500 aging F-16s, F-18s, A-10s, UH-60s, or Minutemen ICBMs. So defense companies are paid to update and upgrade weapons platforms by the lowest bidder.
That makes you a mercenary. I have a hard time calling you a decent person
"Working for defense companies is something many veterans do because the
pay is attractive as well as the benefits package plus it tends to be an
almost identical job as the military work they've just left. "
The same way backwater and or mercenary groups are often built from soldiers no longer in their respective armies...
mercenaries is the better term...defense contractors is a PC term and we're tired of PC terms are we not?
"What Kyle did was dishonest in the way he tied Mattis working for
General Dynamics as a consultant to future corruption. Mattis had the
job years before the presidential election so whatever he was doing was
no different that thousands of former military personnel.."
I think the point was the conflict of interests when going into the government was the issue...
Again Mattis has every reason to side with defense contractors over his responsibility to the country...
defense contractors pay better money then the tax payers and that's all anyone really gives a shit about.
"I think the original article was from HuffPost, an entirely partial
outlet with an agenda that does not let facts or chronology interfere
with a good smear job."
The huffington post has praised and defended mattis constantly. in fact they among many other news organizations are of the opinion, he and the other generals are the only hope/voices of reason in the current establishment.
Well... he's the secretary of defense, his position is supposed to be war. I agree that we need to get the money out of politics, but the war decisions aren't his to make, it's Trump's.
We are not a democracy Kyle. Stop saying we are. We aren't, never were, and hopefully never will be.
You reitterate shit Kyle already says and then say we aren't a democracy, nice arguement.
Jon Rosen I'd rather live in a constitutional republic that protects rights instead of bending to the will of a majority. The problem is that we've treated our country as a democracy for so long that we've fallen into a de-facto oligarchy, which is the tendency of democracies. The answer isn't more democracy, it's more freedom.
JimmyMcGoogle actually I disagree with him, because I think the secretary of defense should be a war guy, we just need a president that isn't stupid enough to just do what the last guy in the room said.
We're a Republican democracy. We could easily ratify a Constitution that enslaves the population, given an overwhelming popular vote.
But yes, it is sensible to remove some rights and topics of discussion from the everyday Congressional or state legislature's jurisdiction, and codify it in a document that requires much more effort to amend, and who's amendments will stand far longer than any statute (part of why the "living Constitution" theory is dangerous)
TheRefractingOne we're a constitutional republic, for more evidence on that research Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin on democracy. We were designed to be a republic, to protect individual liberty, not to bend to the tyranny of the majority. There can be no freedom so long as democracy exists.
*Kyle might be a little naive. Unfortunately, the reality is that people get ahead using corrupt and unethical practices.*