DONALD TRUMP HAS OFFICIALLY CHOSEN HIS DEFENSE SECRETARY.
IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS REFERRED TO AS MAD DOG AND
WARRIOR MONK ALSO KNOWN AS MARINE GENERAL JAMES AND
MATINS WHO RETIRED ONLY THREE YEARS AGO SO THERE'S A
LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE THERE.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP HAS CHOSEN RETIRED BRING
GENERAL JAMES MATTIS TO BE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE,
ACCORDING TO PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE DECISION,
NOMINATING A FORMER SENIOR MILITARY OFFICER WHO LET
OPERATIONS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST TO RUN THE PENTAGON
LESS THAN FOUR YEARS AFTER HE HUNG UP HIS UNIFORM.
HE WILL NEED CONGRESS TO PASS NEW LEGISLATION TO BYPASS
THE FEDERAL LAW STATING THAT DEFENSE SECRETARY'S MUST
NOT HAVE BEEN ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE PREVIOUS SEVEN YEARS.
THIS KIND OF SITUATION HAS COME UP BEFORE IN THE PAST AND
CONGRESS DID VOTE ONCE TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR A
DIFFERENT DEFENSE SECRETARY, THAT WAS GEORGE SEES
MARSHALL WHO WAS APPOINTED TO THE JOB IN 1950.
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS ON MATTIS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT HE IS NOT INSANE.
HE WANTS TO INVADE IRAN.
WILL GET TO THAT TOO, THAT'S THE BAD NEWS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT HE IS NOT ONE OF THESE FROTHING AT
THE MOUTH LUNATICS THAT ARE ON THE FRINGES.
AND HE COULD HAVE PICKED, THERE IS THE GUYS THAT ARE LIKE THE
STEVE BEEN IN TYPES THAT ARE LIKE WHATEVER, I DON'T LIKE
THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT THEIR SPLINT WHO IS HIS NATIONAL
SECURITY 80
ADVISOR THINKS ISLAM IS A DISEASE BUT SOMEHOW HE IS GOING
TO HAVE TO WORK WITH ALL THOSE MUSLIM ALLIES THAT WE HAVE.
HE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE GUYS, HE IS NOT EVEN THE NEW GINGRICH IS
OF THE WORLD A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WOULD GO TO ONE OF
THOSE OLD SCHOOL HORRIBLE WHAT RIGHT-WINGERS.
HE IS REALLY DOWN THE ROAD ON ESTABLISHMENT.
ESTABLISHMENT WAS KIND OF BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF.
GENERAL MATTIS.
WE'LL TAKE THEM.
I AM JUST GIVING YOU CONTEXT.
WE'RE GOING TO WAR WITH IRAN.
100% IS A STRONG PERCENTAGE,
98% I WOULD SAY AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY.
ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST, HE FAVORS A TOUGH
STANCE, TOUGHER STANCE AGAINST US ADVERSARIES ARE BROUGHT
ESPECIALLY A RON.
THE GENERAL SPEAKING AT THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN APRIL SAID THAT WHILE SECURITY
DISCUSSIONS OFTEN FOCUS ON TERRORIST GROUPS SUCH AS
THE ISLAMICISTS STAY OR AL QAEDA, THE IRANIAN REGIME
IS THE SINGLE MUST ENDURING THREAT TO STABILITY AND
PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
WE'RE GOING TO INVADE IRAN.
HE DID NOT LIKE THE NEGOTIATION THAT THE US MADE WITH IRAN
OVER ITS NUCLEAR PLANS AND SO, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ISSUES.
IN FACT, HE RESIGNED FROM HIS POST A FEW MONTHS EARLY AND
MANY PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING OR SPECULATING IT WAS BECAUSE
OF HIS DISAGREEMENT WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN.
OKAY, HE SET ONE OF THESE CONSERVATIVE THINK TANKS
THAT CONSERVATIVS GO TO RETIRE AND GET RICH OFF OF DONOR
MONEY WHO WANT WAR.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE IS AT THE SAME PLACE.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THEY BRING HIM BACK OUT OF RETIREMENT AND
GO OKAY GIVE US THIS.
HE RAN CENTRAL COMMAND FOR THE MIDDLE EAST FOR US.
ISRAEL IN THE WAY THAT THE ARMY HAS THE WORLD LAID OUT IS
NOT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS FUNNY, BUT IT'S JUST HOW THE ARMY DIVVIED
UP THE WORLD OR THE MARINES IN THE ARMED FORCES I SHOULD SAY.
HE WOULD GO TO ISRAEL ALL THE TIME AND CHECK IN WITH THEM.
WHAT DO YOU NEED ME TO DO?
THE GENEROUS FOLKS WOULD SAY HE WAS CHECKING IN ON AN
IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE THAT THAT WASN'T HIS JOB.
TO SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
IF HE'S A DIPLOMAT GOES TO ISRAEL, GRAY, ISRAEL'S AN
IMPORTANT ALLEY OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT IS HIS AREA, THEN OF COURSE THE GENERAL SHOULD GO.
BUT HE IS DOING A RANDOM CHIP EVERYONE THOUGHT ISRAEL,
HOW YOU GUYS DOING?
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE IRAN.
GREAT JOB, GENERAL MATTIS.
UNDERSTAND, THE CURRENT RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT OF
ISRAEL DOES NOT LIKE THE DEAL THAT WE DID WITH A ROCK.
THEY WANT US TO EVADE IRAN.
HE SAYS I'M NOT FOR THAT DEAL, WE THINK THE CORRECT
ANSWER IS BOMBING THE FACILITIES.
THAT IS THE RIGHT WING POSITION IN ISRAEL THAT MATTIS IS NOT
GOING AND TALKING TO LEFT-WINGERS IN ISRAEL THOUGHT
THAT WOULD BE GREAT BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT HE IS DOING.
HE IS GOING AND TALKING TO THE RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT
SAYING WHAT YOU GUYS NEED?
THAT IS WHEN HE GETS A JOB AT THE THINK TANK.
THAT'S WHY THE ESTABLISHMENT LIKES THEM AND THAT'S WHY HE
GETS THIS JOB WITH TRUMP WHICH THEN AGAIN LEADS YOU TO WONDER,
WAIT A MINUTE, I THINK TRUMP SAID HE WAS AGAINST THESE
ENTANGLEMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO
GET INVOLVED IN THOSE WARS.
THAT'S WHAT GOT YOU GUYS EXCITED RIGHT?
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY MORE STUPID WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
BUT HIS DONORS, BECAUSE HE IS A PETTY POLITICIAN LIKE EVERYONE
ELSE, MAYBE EVEN MORE SO BECAUSE ALL HE CARES ABOUT IS THE MONEY,
CAME TO HIM AND SAID NO, LOOK, YOU CAN HAVE ALL THESE GUYS
WITH CRAZY OPINIONS BUT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO WAR, WE
ARE NOT INTERESTED.
TAKE THIS GUY THAT IS A PERFECTLY FINE ESTABLISHMENT
FIGURE BUT IS COMMITTED TO GOING TO WAR WITH IRAN.
DONALD TRUMP SAID YESTERDAY
HE WOULD NOT ONLY MEET WITH THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HE
WOULD ALSO BE WITH PALESTINIANS AND GIVE THEM ADVICE ON HOW
THEY SHOULD JOIN FORCES AND WORK TOGETHER TO DEFEAT THE RAN
WHICH I THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING.
THAT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT HE IS DOING THERE IS TAKING
SIDES BETWEEN THE SUNNIS AND THAT SHE IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP CLAIMED ON THE CAMPAIGN
CHARLIE DIDN'T WANT TO DO.
WHY ARE WE GETTING IN THE MIDDLE OF A SUNNI SHIA WAR IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THAT IDEA IF YOU ARE LIBERAL.
NO DON'T SCREW THEM AND BE STUPID AND SAY BLANKET I
DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT I'M GOING TO TAKE STAY OUT OF IT
BESIDES BINS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO SUSTAIN EVENT.
NO, THIS GUY PICKED DECIDE THAT I'M GOING TO SIDE WITH THE
SUNNIS AND ISRAEL.
BY THE WAY OUR TOP TWO ALLIES FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
REASONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ISRAEL AND SAUDI ARABIA.
SAUDI ARABIA IS SUNNI.
THEY BOTH HAD A RON.
AROUND THE SHIA AND SO THEY'VE GOTTEN TOGETHER, THE DEFENSE
CONTRACTORS, THE ESTABLISHMENT, EVERYBODY HAS DECIDED.
REMEMBER THAT WORN AROUND WE NEVER GOT TO ATTEND THE
BUSH TERM?
LET'S BE VISIT THAT.
IF YOU VOTED FOR TRUMP THINKING WE WERE GOING TO SET OF MESSY
WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND HOW MANY TIMES A DAY SAY, IT'S A
MESS IN A RACK?
BY THE WAY WHERE THE GENERAL MATTIS SERVE?
NOT HIS
FAULT, AND ON THE TOP OPTIONS HE SERVED IN A RACK IN FALLUJA
WHICH WAS THE BIGGEST MESS OF ALL AND HE CRITICIZED ALL
OF THE GENERALS THE TIME THAT HE WAS WONDERING, THEY WERE A
MESS, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
I KNOW BETTER THAN THE
GENERALS.
THEN HE TAKES A GENERAL THAT WAS ONE OF THE GUYS
THAT CREATED THE MESS, NOT ONLY HIS FAULT, MAINLY BUSH'S FAULT
BUT
IN IRAQ AND HE SAYS GO CREATE ME AN EVEN BIGGER ONE IN IRAN