Amazing, Mattis' book mentions Trump but one time... and I don't think it's negative. Also, note the subject story, 2 articles, Wash. Examiner:
Mattis blasts ‘indifferent’ Biden for bungling Iraq: ‘The enemy gets a vote’
by Caitlin Yilek
| September 02, 2019 11:29 AM
Jim Mattis, the former Marine Corps general and Pentagon chief, has lashed 2020 Democratic front-runner Joe Biden for fueling the rise of ISIS by insisting on the total withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq.
"You may want a war over. You may declare it over. You may even try to walk away from it. But the bottom line is the enemy gets a vote, as we say in the military, and we simply have got to understand that terrorism is going to be an ambient threat," he said in an NPR interview.
As vice president, Biden was tasked by President Barack Obama with overseeing Iraq policy. In his new book, Mattis, 68, argues that Biden, 76, was "indifferent" to the consequences of complete withdrawal - consequences that included "tens of thousands of casualties, plus untold misery for millions of innocents," as well as the kidnapping and beheading of westerners, and horrific terrorist attacks across the world.
Read more at: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mattis-blasts-indifferent-biden-for-bungling-iraq-the-enemy-gets-a-vote
On eve of publication, Jim Mattis book already in stores and discounted by 43%
by Zachary Halaschak
| September 02, 2019 09:19 PM
Former Pentagon chief and Marine Corps general Jim Mattis’ upcoming book about the lessons he has learned during his lifetime of service has been suddenly discounted the day before its Tuesday release.
At BJ's Wholesale Club, a bulk discount household store, in Falls Church, Virginia, the hardback edition of his book, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead, was already on sale Monday at $15.79 - a 43% discount on its full price of $28. On Amazon, pre-ordered copies were available at $18.77, a 32% cut.
The cut price could be attributable to nervousness about sales by the publisher, Random House Books, or in an effort to drive up sales and get the book onto the New York Times bestsellers list. The book could be difficult to sell because Mattis only mentions Trump once — when, in the first two pages, he recounts being picked as Pentagon chief. In an ear of highly-partisan political books achieving huge sales, Mattis cannot be identified as pro- or anti-Trump or even as having sympathies with Republicans over Democrats or vice versa.
Read more at: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/on-eve-of-publication-jim-mattis-book-already-in-stores-and-discounted-by-43
