Saturday, February 12, 2005
In Defense of General Mattis
Villainous Company provides the REAL General Mattis. Not that the press would bother presenting, you know, context today.
From General Mattis:
And this:
Now, here are General Mattis's comments that got him in trouble:
(Just look at that loaded lead!)
The General isn't the most articulate guy around. But he didn't say anything young Winston Churchill didn't already say when he said "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at and missed."
There is no greater feeling than winning a sharp firefight with a terrorist without loss to one's own side. I was thrilled, too, in Iraq, when we drew blood without loss to ourselves. So in one sense, it IS a helluva lot of fun to shoot some people, although a closer analogy for me is the feeling I imagine one would get dispatching a sick animal.
By luck of the draw, I never had the opportunity to close with and kill the enemy (I remember part of me being disappointed that the enemy chose not to screw with me when I was traveling strong, with a couple of infantry platoons in tow, but I'm grateful they pretty much left me alone when it was just me, two or three trucks, no armor, no crew served weapons, and eight people, one of whom was an unarmed chaplain.)
So the coverage you see here, it's not the result of a media that's concerned about getting the story straight, of relaying the truth and the whole truth accurately.
This story was about an idiot reporter thinking he or she had a scoop, when in reality the General was talking to AND REACHING an audience in a language the reporter wasn't even equipped to comprehend.
So here's the reporter, looking down his or her nose thinking this General is an unenlightened neanderthal. The reality is that it's the reporter who's the clueless one. As are the news editors who gave the story such play.
It's become popular to say that what the general said was stupid or boneheaded. I don't think that's the case at all. Maybe blunt, maybe inarticulate. But those who know what he's talking about, know exactly what he's talking about, if you get my meaning.
Splash, out
Jason
P.S., you'd think San Diego news stations would know how to cover the Marine Corps. Especially after more than three years of war. But they can't even get Mattis' job right. He is not commanding the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq. That was his OLD job. He is now heading Combat Development in Quantico.
Reporters: Engage your brain before engaging your pen.
From General Mattis:
Our fight is not with the Iraqi people, nor is it with members of the Iraqi army who choose to surrender. While we will move swiftly and aggressively against those who resist, we will treat all others with decency, demonstrating chivalry and soldierly compassion for people who have endured a lifetime under Saddam's oppression.
You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.
And this:
"If they choose to fight they are going to regret it, but we also believe that part of the physicians’ oath that says first do no harm. If to kill a terrorist we have got to kill eight innocent people you don’t kill them."
Now, here are General Mattis's comments that got him in trouble:
(Just look at that loaded lead!)
"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for 5 years because they didn't wear a veil," Mattis continued. "You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."
The General isn't the most articulate guy around. But he didn't say anything young Winston Churchill didn't already say when he said "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at and missed."
There is no greater feeling than winning a sharp firefight with a terrorist without loss to one's own side. I was thrilled, too, in Iraq, when we drew blood without loss to ourselves. So in one sense, it IS a helluva lot of fun to shoot some people, although a closer analogy for me is the feeling I imagine one would get dispatching a sick animal.
By luck of the draw, I never had the opportunity to close with and kill the enemy (I remember part of me being disappointed that the enemy chose not to screw with me when I was traveling strong, with a couple of infantry platoons in tow, but I'm grateful they pretty much left me alone when it was just me, two or three trucks, no armor, no crew served weapons, and eight people, one of whom was an unarmed chaplain.)
So the coverage you see here, it's not the result of a media that's concerned about getting the story straight, of relaying the truth and the whole truth accurately.
This story was about an idiot reporter thinking he or she had a scoop, when in reality the General was talking to AND REACHING an audience in a language the reporter wasn't even equipped to comprehend.
So here's the reporter, looking down his or her nose thinking this General is an unenlightened neanderthal. The reality is that it's the reporter who's the clueless one. As are the news editors who gave the story such play.
It's become popular to say that what the general said was stupid or boneheaded. I don't think that's the case at all. Maybe blunt, maybe inarticulate. But those who know what he's talking about, know exactly what he's talking about, if you get my meaning.
Splash, out
Jason
P.S., you'd think San Diego news stations would know how to cover the Marine Corps. Especially after more than three years of war. But they can't even get Mattis' job right. He is not commanding the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq. That was his OLD job. He is now heading Combat Development in Quantico.
Reporters: Engage your brain before engaging your pen.
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