‘…significantly crippled Assad’s ability to produce these weapons…’

'Clearly, the Syrian regime did not get the message...'

'We used a little over double the number of weapons...'

'... until we suffocate it...'

"... consistent with military effectiveness and lethality ..."

Mattis recently recommended…

Recordings from fighters on the ground reveal just how hard U.S. forces hit them.

“But this is a deployable military. It’s a lethal military that aligns with our allies and partners. If you can’t go overseas … carry a combat load, then obviously someone else has got to go. I want this spread fairly and equitably across the force.”

There’s nothing like the sound of obliterated terrorists in the morning. Or afternoon. Or evening. Or night, for that matter. It’s all pretty good to me. So, when U.S. special operations […]

Defense Secretary James Mattis doesn't typically suffer fools, but that is exactly what he did at Wednesday's White House press briefing.