With so many crises on the horizon, it seems like a good time to leave competent military experts in charge. On the contrary, “Mattis in charge” is a formula for disaster, but not because Mattis is flawed or experts are bad. The Trump administration’s failure to use them, especially in foreign policy, will someday be remembered as one of its most catastrophic failures. A foreign policy, like an economic policy, can succeed only if it has political backing. The Pentagon has a better understanding of that war than the White House, especially this White House.

Source: Washington Post June 24, 2017 00:11 UTC