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  1. Why ’s foreign policy might prove less radical than you think via | Getty

  2. "Iran is on the mind of nearly every senior Marine I’ve ever come in contact with, including Mattis."

  3. Many in the Pentagon worry that Trump’s pick for defense secretary is looking for a fight in the Middle East:

  4. Mattis’ anti-Iran animus is so intense that it led President Obama to replace him as Centcom commander

  5. Raul Castro finally has the opportunity to lead as he prefers.

  6. "Fidel’s death on November 25 will liberate Raul. Psychologically and politically he can breathe easier."

  7. The risk with Trump is less that he will pursue a bad grand strategy than that he will have no strategy at all.

  8. Why Trump’s foreign policy might prove less radical than you think via | Getty

  9. Who’s afraid of a little Russian propaganda? via | AP Photo

  10. Keep in mind what most animates Trump:

  11. There are several reasons why Trump’s policies may not take the direction most people think:

  12. Linking ISIS and Iran — as Mattis has — is worrisome and inaccurate

  13. What will the newly liberated Raul Castro look like as a leader?

  14. Back in 2012, while still in uniform, Mattis said that the 3 gravest threats facing the US were “Iran, Iran, Iran.”

  15. Liberated from the overwhelming Fidel, Raul will be receptive to an expanding American economic stake on the island

  16. Mattis supporters say it would be a mistake to paint the retired Marine as a moral crusader.

  17. If there is a Trump foreign policy revolution it will be more by accident than by design

  18. Mattis is the quintessential Marine; it defines everything he does and believes

  19. “Obama’s purge of Petraeus, McChrystal and Mattis was the result of their missteps, not his.”

  20. James Mattis’ 33-Year Grudge Against Iran

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