"Defense" Secretary Mad Dog Mattis

[End Times]

Mattis ordered the name "Operation Faithful Patriot" be shitcanned for "border support operations":


https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentago...ent-1541605581

Pentagon Dropping Use of ‘Faithful Patriot’ as Name for Border Deployment:
Mattis’s office issues new instructions on name for Pentagon mission

WASHINGTON—The Pentagon no longer will publicly refer to its border mission by the name “Operation Faithful Patriot,” officials said Wednesday, dropping a moniker some saw as having political overtones tied to the midterm elections.

Troops instead are expected to call the deployment of nearly 8,000 active-duty troops along three border states by phrases such as “in support of Customs Border Protection,” the officials said.

A determination about the name change, decided by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s office, was issued on Election Day, the officials said. The Pentagon confirmed the name change Wednesday, without explaining reasons behind it.

The Pentagon previously has rebuffed suggestions that the border troop mission, mentioned repeatedly by President Trump in campaign speeches about migrants and asylum seekers, is politically motivated. The name was drafted by the U.S. Northern Command, which is responsible for the continental U.S.

The officials, citing a possible reason for the name change, said the deployment isn’t an “operation,” like military missions involving combat, but is being undertaken in support of another government agency.

The name change was already in effect on the Defense Department media page, which began using the new phrase Tuesday afternoon in photos captions and videos.

The troops are moving toward ports of entry in Texas, Arizona and California in anticipation of caravans of migrants and would-be asylum seekers, largely from Central America, walking toward the U.S. through Mexico.

[End Times]

Orders from the Commander-in-Chief = "requests"


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/u...t-caravan.html


Among the requests [sic], issued at the White House’s behest, were that troops deployed to the border be armed, prepared for direct contact with the migrants and ready to operate under rules for the use of force to be set by the Defense Department.

When Defense Department officials replied the same day, on Mr. Mattis’s orders, they rejected those requests [sic] and referred the Department of Homeland Security to the White House, the officials said.

[BrewTech]

Orders from the Commander-in-Chief = "requests"


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/u...t-caravan.html


Among the requests [sic], issued at the White House’s behest, were that troops deployed to the border be armed, prepared for direct contact with the migrants and ready to operate under rules for the use of force to be set by the Defense Department.

When Defense Department officials replied the same day, on Mr. Mattis’s orders, they rejected those requests [sic] and referred the Department of Homeland Security to the White House, the officials said.

I wonder how many of the millennial generation would even notice such a significant shift in government structure and operations. Is this what military dictatorship looks like?

This is a great example of how the media can be used to rewrite the rules... with a distracted population only the most observant will even notice.

[Cebu_4_2]

Most working stiffs have no clue but what is shown to them on the televitz on the evening nooz.

[osoab]

Most working stiffs have no clue but what is shown to them on the televitz on the evening nooz.

If that.

[Neuro]

A few of the trespassers shot, may make trespassing less popular. Sometimes it is just that simple.