Retired general: Mattis' statement does two powerful things.

[elleng]

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark responds to former Secretary of Defense James Mattis' released statement in which he said Americans must come together without President Trump.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/06/04/james-mattis-retired-general-wesley-clark-trump-nr-vpx.cnn


Retired general: Sen. Tom Cotton couldn't be more wrong.

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton wrote an op-ed for The New York Times that called for the U.S. military to be deployed in cities across the country to help restore order. Retired Gen. Wesley Clark weighs in saying, "What Tom Cotton is proposing is way out of line with the situation."

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/06/04/tom-cotton-op-ed-new-york-times-retired-general-wesley-clark.cnn-business

[in2herbs]

1. I'm not really assured by these new proclamations from former Trump administration officials. For

the ones who have left the administration, where was their voice in the beginning? I will not give them any kudos because they failed to do their job at the outset.

[elleng]

2. I will not complain that they may not have spoken or acted in the past;

what's important, and what we must recognize (and applaud and honor) is that they are saying it NOW.

[in2herbs]

8. This Draper tweet is why I will not applaud and honor any military official who was previously in

the drumpf administration.

Robert Draper ✔@DraperRobert

Mattis is still holding back, though. He's privately told friends that Trump's behavior is far worse than the reports & that the republic is on shaky footing. He knows so much more than he's currently divulging.

[quaint]

3. I admire General Wesley Clark.

Clark joined the 2004 race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination as a candidate in 2003, but withdrew from the primary race in 2004, after winning the Oklahoma state primary, endorsing and campaigning for the eventual Democratic nominee, John Kerry.

Clark was considered a potential candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2008, but, on September 15, 2007, endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton.[4] After Clinton dropped out of the presidential race, Clark endorsed the then-presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama.

Source

[Zambero]

5. Initially, they figured he could be reined in

They were sadly mistaken. Given what has transpired over the past several days, we will still need to hear from them.

[BComplex]

4. At one time, I really wanted him to be our president when he was running.

He's a really good man.

[elleng]

6. I still do, and have been waiting for him to weigh in.

[magicguido]

7. Words, but never ACTIONS