Citing his anger at the decision to withdraw US forces from Syria this week, US Special Envoy to the ISIS War Brett McGurk has announced his resignation. He had reportedly told coworkers he’d intended to retire in February.
This follows Defense Secretary James Mattis also resigning over the Syria pullout. Mattis offered very subtle criticism in his resignation letter, while McGurk was a lot more vehement, insisting there was no plan in place, and the administration had no thought of what the consequences would be.
McGurk was intended to coordinate with the 79 countries involved in the US-led coalition against ISIS. It is not clear who his replacement will be, but with the administration arguing ISIS is defeated, there may be a low priority for this position.
After Mattis, and now McGurk, there is speculation that others may be about to resign in the coming days, also for being at odds with Trump’s order to leave Syria. In the Pentagon, there is believed to be broad unity toward keeping the war going, as evidenced by the number of Pentagon officials who spent the last two years talking up long-term presence there.
If there is a large exodus, this might also be an opportunity to purge the pro-war leadership that has been cultivated over the past generation, who saw their careers grow as US wars took on more aggressive forms. Though Trump still would have to find alternative candidates, and find them palatable to his own worldview, this may in retrospect prove to be a major chance to split up bureaucrats’ policy views from the homogeneity of recent history to view war-making as something to weigh seriously, and not just rubber stamp.
Good, f**k off you soulless little monsters. Get your blood fix somewhere else.
If only Trump could sense the public will to end these wars, he just might listen to the people instead of the neocons and the permanent war state establishment and media. Everyone, be sure to call or write the White House and let him know we’ve got his back on this.
The military isnt that upset over Syria, no holiday mic hotels or golf courses nearby.
I am sure that rank and file is very happy — it is the politically correct top brass that is sooo upset.
I wonder if he’s any relations to the infamous “ McGurk’s Suicide Saloon” in NYC?
If he isn’t, he ought to be..
jpmcevoy what
https://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/19/15359306/east-village-bowery-history-mcgurks-suicide-hall
Fire them all! Lincoln and Truman were not afraid to fire them. Trump had a big TV show where all he did was fire people.
This would be a chance to get rid of John Bolton too.
A 79-nation coalition? A polite term for that is “hype.”
He can’t live with himself unless he’s got the Forever War going and going. That is what he said in other interviews. “I ultimately concluded I could not carry out these new instructions and maintain my integrity,”
Good riddance to him, and all those others who may be in the Pentagon like him.
Trump is making enemies of all the right people.
And in all right places.
Whats the big deal, the moron was going to resign in feb. 2019 anyway. He was Obomber`s pick in 2015.
Of course – nobody, but nobody in DC resigns because of principles anymore. They just take the money until they get something else (usually more profitable) lined up.
Mattis probably checked with his financial advisors regarding his retirement portfolio before telling Trump Bye-Bye, and McGurk probably decided to beat the coming Pink Slip. I am sure that he has his resume up-to-date. Honor and integrity are nickels on the counter waiting for change in Washington – it is all about the big money there.
Exactly.
During WWII, successful men (and probably women) of industry volunteered to work for the Government for the duration of the War. Their salary request – one dollar per year.
Ask yourself who TF would do that today – certainly not any billionaire hedge fund broker (the only successful industry in America today)?
Successful at one thing, bilking investors and even those who don’t invest by privatizing their gains and socializing their losses.
“After Mattis, and now McGurk, there is speculation that others may be about to resign in the coming days,
also for being at odds with Trump’s order to leave Syria. In the
Pentagon, there is believed to be broad unity toward keeping the war
going, as evidenced by the number of Pentagon officials who spent the
last two years talking up long-term presence there.”
What would seal the deal is to put together a war crimes tribunal, make some arrests and have a trial. It’s not like there have not been attempts to make this happen in the past.
Once the elite can no longer guarantee their useful idiots impunity from prosecution we can begin to get justice back into the hands of the many and for the many.
Until that time, we will just be making compromises to the same class of sociopaths that keep the mass murder economy going in order to preserve their elite status for as long as they can.
Yet this is for the first time in my memory that war industry is having some serious pushback. After Nixon was ousted — all subsequent ruling elites and their suppirters never went against the grain of the deep state,
The furor over this tells me Trump is right.
Better and better — hope more will “resign” in protest.
What a waste of money for that position anyway. Eliminate it.
Good riddance.