I don't have a crystal ball. We are optimistic right now that there's opportunity here that we've never enjoyed since 1950. Defense James Mattis More Quotes by Defense James Mattis More Quotes From Defense James Mattis ISIS is not defeated, we have got to keep the pressure on ISIS so they don't recover. Defense James Mattis politics In this case, if we don't keep the pressure on, then ISIS will resurge. It's absolutely a given that they will come back. Defense James Mattis politics We may want a war over, we may even declare it over. You can pull your troops out, as President Obama learned the hard way, out of Iraq, but the enemy gets a vote, we say in the military. Defense James Mattis politics I will tell you that we do help them plan what we call, kind of targeting, we do not do dynamic targeting for them. Defense James Mattis top-news For us, it is a logistics support effort. Defense James Mattis us-news He aims to diminish the appeal of the western democratic model and attempts to undermine America's moral authority, his actions are designed not to challenge our arms at this point but to undercut and compromise our belief in our ideals. Defense James Mattis politics The Ming Dynasty appears to be their model, albeit in a more muscular manner, demanding other nations become tribute states kowtowing to Beijing. Defense James Mattis politics Certainly President Trump's historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un proves, and I quote here,' the past does not have to define the future,' end quote, but while a possible new avenue to peace now exists with North Koreans, we remain vigilant regarding the pursuit of nuclear weapons anywhere in the world. Defense James Mattis politics Make no mistake : America is in the Indo-Pacific to stay, this is our priority theater. Defense James Mattis top-news We are aware China will face an array of challenges and opportunities in coming years, we are prepared to support China's choices if they promote long-term peace and prosperity for all in this dynamic region. Defense James Mattis top-news We have an ongoing Russian violation of the INF. We want our negotiators to have something to negotiate with because we want Russia back in compliance. Defense James Mattis latest-headlines In recognition of the increasing connectivity of the Indian and Pacific Oceans today we rename the US Pacific Command to Indian Oceans.The US Indo-Pacific Command, south China is South China, South China's standing watch and intimately engaged with over half of the earth's surface and South China diverse populations, from Hollywood, to Bollywood, from polar bears to penguins. Defense James Mattis top-news It's international waters, and a lot of nations want to see freedom of navigation. Defense James Mattis top-news We have been engaging with their home countries. Home being the country they were a citizen of when they left to go fight. Now, in some cases, those countries have stripped them of their citizenship, so they have a different view as far as what their status is today. So this is not simple, now that's being worked principally, of course, by State Department, and we're giving all the support that we can. Defense James Mattis us-news For right now we just have to go along with the process, have the negotiations and not try to make preconditions or presumptions about how it's going to go. The diplomats are going to have to go to work now. Defense James Mattis politics
