Who Is Mad Dog Mattis, Trump's Likely Pick for Defense Chief? [View all]

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James Mattis, the retired Marine general who is under consideration to be Donald Trump's secretary of defense, is beloved among military types for publicly proclaiming the things many of them whisper in private.

In 2005, for example, he was speaking at a panel discussion in San Diego, when he described how enjoyable it can be to kill the enemy in war.

"Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot," Mattis said, prompting laughter from some military members in the audience. "It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up there with you. I like brawling."

He continued, "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil," Mattis said. "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."

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