General who says “It’s fun to kill people” picked to oversee US wars in Afghanistan, Iraq

[Hannah Bell]

Last week, the Obama administration named Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis to replace Gen. David Petraeus as chief of US Central Command, giving the Marine officer overall command of US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq and across the Middle East and Central Asia.

The elevation of Mattis is further confirmation that last month’s firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal and appointment of Petraeus to take command of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan signaled a major escalation of US military violence against the Afghan people. Mattis, also known, according to Wikipedia, as “Chaos,” “Warrior Monk” and “Mad Dog Mattis,” is notorious inside and outside of the military for his bloodlust and enthusiasm for killing

He has a long record leading combat operations in US wars of aggression in the Middle East and Central Asia. He served as a lieutenant colonel in Operation Desert Storm (the US invasion of Iraq in 1991), commanded the first ground troops that went into southern Afghanistan after the 2001 US invasion of that country, and led Marines in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In April of 2004 he headed up the first US assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah and helped plan the siege later that year that destroyed the city and killed thousands of its residents.

In February of 2005, at a public forum in San Diego, Mattis said that “it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot” Afghans. He continued: “Actually, it’s a lot of fun to fight. You know, it’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right upfront with you, I like brawling.” A bit later he spoke of the “emotional … satisfaction you may get from really whacking somebody.”

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jul2010/pers-j12.shtml


Great, psychos lead the war effort. Support the troops!

[Ken Burch]

1. Well, you want to hire people who enjoy their work....

:sarcasm:

:eyes:

:puke:

[Amonester]

2. Methinks that taxpayers' paid psychopath is going to have fun killing

a long long time: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4462379 because taxpayers (will) pay more to make the Taliban richer, so the Taliban will buy more weapons to kill more troops.

Insane.

[metapunditedgy]

3. Dammit, why can't we put the psychotic military brass on an island with the psychotic CEOs and

let them play "free market" among themselves for a few decades. While the rest of us go on living life.

[Bluebear]

4. You can't blame Obama for this!!!

He doesn't know about every little detail you know! :silly:

[DerekG]

5. Shut up! He's playing chess!

Just like Hannibal Lecter!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Give him another medal and a mirror to admire himself in. Preferably in an asylum.