Midknight Review -- new and revised: Here is a review of the Trump/Mattis accomplished in their first year. Quite impressive, no?

IJR:
It has been over a year since retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis took the oath of office as secretary of defense.
Despite what his old call sign of “Chaos” implies, which actually stands for Colonel Has An Outstanding Solution, and while it was made tongue-and-cheek at the time, it brings a mantra that many in the military and civilian population hoped Mattis would take with him to his new job.
Approved overwhelmingly for the Cabinet position — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) was the sole dissenting vote and who did not respond to multiple requests for comment — the majority thinking in “the Swamp” was that Mattis would be one of the best in Trump’s administration.
His first year has been marked with significant accomplishments, and he continues to enjoy being the most popular member of Trump’s Cabinet. IJR was able to get comments from members of Congress and others to see how they think he has done so far.
ISIS
If there’s one thing members of Congress can agree on, it’s that Mattis has successfully overseen the near-destruction of ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), who also has the distinction of being a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Reserves, told IJR he doesn’t know why the press hasn’t been all over the success of America’s campaign to not just contain ISIS but completely eradicate them.
He credits the victories to the troops on the ground being reinforced by Mattis’s “warrior ethos” style of leadership:

“[Mattis] talks about that as a campaign of annihilation, not containment, but annihilation, and those kind of frank, clear directives provide people with the leadership. […] He has taken this seriously, but frankly. […] A lot more needs to be done, can’t let the vacuum be filled by the Iranians.”

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told IJR that Mattis’s “clear-eyed commitment” to seeing the destruction of ISIS is not something only we see but so do other terrorist groups.
Marine veteran Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) pointed to how differently the current administration has dealt with the terror group, as opposed to former President Barack Obama’s administration:

“Mattis very simply empowered the commanders on the ground finally, that was it. You had eight years of the wars being micromanaged back here in D.C. and micromanaged in the Pentagon, through the the president, and that’s changed now.”

Generals on the ground in the Middle East credit the change in leadership style from Trump and Mattis to the rapid success in pushing ISIS out of major cities in Iraq and Syria. . . . . keep reading, here.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Here is a review of the Trump/Mattis accomplished in their first year. Quite impressive, no?

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