btw: I dropped a brief note with the Jerusalem Post article about Mattis' pick to Col. West - who apparently read it, and reflected some misgivings about Mattis's action(s) in one of his columns.
the lesson: EXPOSURE and PRESSURE FOR DRAINING THE SWAMP will have effect - so keep strangling that damn heron. *s*
Gen. Mattis Withdraws Pro-Brotherhood Pick
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By Ryan Mauro Thursday, March 16, 2017
Secretary of Defense General Mattis has withdrawn his choice for the top civilian position in the Defense Department, Anne Patterson, after she was criticized from multiple angles, chiefly because of her coziness with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.
But the question remains: Why pick her in the first place? In addition, we’re learning of several other questionable holdovers from the Obama Administration remaining in the Trump Administration (so far, it’s still early).
...(end excerpt - you really need to read the article to see just how heinously corrupt Patterson really was.)
http://clarionproject.org/gen-mattis-withdraws-pro-brotherhood-pick/
Protest signs in Egypt during the overthrow of Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi who was supported by Obama and Patterson


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