Mattis signed this order in spite of his opposition to Trump's decision, and
then he wrote his resignation letter! Thus Mattis is going to leave Pentagon as
a disappointed and defeated politician.
As reported by Sputnik, "on 19 December, Trump declared that the United States
had defeated Daesh in Syria, adding that the terrorist group was the only reason
that US troops were fighting in the Middle Eastern country during his
presidency.
About 2,000 US troops are currently deployed in Syria as part of a campaign to
defeat Daesh." This is while the US President's claims are in contrast with the
American authorities' support for the Takfiri groups in Syria and other
countries in the region.
In any case, Mattis resigned immediately after Trump's announcement about the
withdrawal of American troops from Syria. In a letter to United States
President, he announced his disagreement with Trump on various subjects. He said
he would step down so that Trump could have a defense secretary "whose views are
better aligned with yours."
"Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are
better aligned with yours on these and other subjects," Mattis said in his
resignation letter, "I believe it is right for me to step down from my
position."
As for Trump, he didn't resist Mattis' resignation at all, but welcomed this
decision!
"I am pleased to announce that our very talented Deputy Secretary of Defense,
Patrick Shanahan, will assume the title of Acting Secretary of Defense starting
January 1, 2019,” Trump tweeted. This will definitely create challenges among
the two Democratic and Republican senators with the White House.
The fact is, contrary to the wishes of the American media and the US officials,
who are trying to limit the disagreement between Trump and Mattis to a personal
dispute, the resignation of the US Secretary of Defense from his post, is a
clear indication of the strategic defeat of the United States in Syria,
Afghanistan, and the West Asia region.
In other words, the important point here is the strategic defeat of the United
States in the region and not the personal debates between Mattis and Trump. The
next significant point that should be taken into consideration is the "future of
the Pentagon" after Mattis' resignation. After Mattis, the Department of Defense
will continue to operate as one of the centers of conspiracy against other
nations. However, Mattis' resignation will create anarchy in the underlying
structures of the US Department of Defense.
This disorder and tactical disagreement will also show itself in the regional
approach and foreign policy of the United States. But our experience shows that
as time passes, the US policies will be more and more defeated in the region.
The Pentagon has also been weakened as a result. Meanwhile, the attempts of the
US Department of Defense and some Western media, especially Americans, and the
leaders of the two Democratic and Republican parties, has failed to prevent this
trend.
Obviously, at this period, the Pentagon has become one of the symbols of
regional and international failure in the United States. The withdrawal of
American troops from Syria and the resignation of Mattis has left him a failed
general, just like his predecessors. This miserable general, as a defeated
figure, will have a lot to say about the differences between the White House and
the Pentagon and the US failure in West Asia, and his words will be interesting
at that time.
Source:Mehr