The Hill: Watch Mattis Give US Troops In The Middle East The Ultimate Pep Talk
Hours after President Donald Trump laid out the government’s new approach to the 16-year-old U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan on Aug. 21, Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived in Baghdad to reassure Iraqi political leaders that yes, the fight against ISIS is going swimmingly.
“ISIS is on the run,” Mattis said following an Aug. 22 confab with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, according to the Associated Press. “They have been shown to be unable to stand up to our team in combat … ISIS’s days are certainly numbered, but it’s not over yet and it’s not going to be over anytime soon.”
But the next day, Mattis delivered a more casual pep-talk to the Americans service members stationed in Jordan who are actually fighting on the front lines of Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria. His remarks, recorded by a service member and posted to Facebook by the mega-popular U.S. Army W.T.F! Moments page, are classic Chaos: Polite and respectful but guaranteed to get combat troops fired up and ready to go.
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WNU Editor: Spoken from a man who has experienced and seen it all.
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