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| | + | :''For globalists who defend McMaster, see [[McMasterites]]'' |
| | Lt.Gen. '''H.R. McMaster''' is the current [[National Security Advisor]] to President [[Donald Trump]]. McMaster is thought to share the views of many [[Russophobe]]s and, according to ''[[Politico]]'', of the establishment analysis which ignored the motives of [[jihad]]ists in order to please [[Barack Obama]]. | | Lt.Gen. '''H.R. McMaster''' is the current [[National Security Advisor]] to President [[Donald Trump]]. McMaster is thought to share the views of many [[Russophobe]]s and, according to ''[[Politico]]'', of the establishment analysis which ignored the motives of [[jihad]]ists in order to please [[Barack Obama]]. |
| | <ref>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/mcmaster-has-the-islamophobes-worried-good-214815</ref> | | <ref>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/mcmaster-has-the-islamophobes-worried-good-214815</ref> |
| | ==Soldier-scholar== | | ==Soldier-scholar== |
| − | McMaster holds a Ph.D in American History from the University of North Carolina. His dissertation is a harsh criticism of [[President Lyndon Johnson]], [[Robert McNamara]], and the [[Joint Chiefs]] conduct of the [[Vietnam war]]. With a clear reference to Vietnam-era news reporting, McMaster answered punctiliously how journalists' thinking fits into strategic thinking after the Battle of Tal Afar in 2005, “body counts are completely irrelevant.” <ref>https://leftistcritic.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/body-counts-are-completely-irrelevant-h-r-mcmaster-the-new-national-security-advisor/</ref> | + | McMaster holds a Ph.D. in American History from the University of North Carolina. His dissertation is a harsh criticism of [[President Lyndon Johnson]], [[Robert McNamara]], and the [[Joint Chiefs]] conduct of the [[Vietnam war]]. With a clear reference to Vietnam-era news reporting, McMaster answered punctiliously how journalists' thinking fits into strategic thinking after the Battle of Tal Afar in 2005, “body counts are completely irrelevant.” <ref>https://leftistcritic.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/body-counts-are-completely-irrelevant-h-r-mcmaster-the-new-national-security-advisor/</ref> |
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| | His dissertation was turned into a book, ''Dereliction of Duty'', which was recommended and widely read in the [[Pentagon]] by the next generation of [[combat]] leaders. The ''[[New Yorker]]'' summarizes it saying, "[T]he Joint Chiefs of Staff, knowing that Johnson and McNamara wanted uncritical support rather than honest advice, and eager to protect their careers, went along with official lies and a split-the-difference strategy of gradual escalation that none of them thought could work." | | His dissertation was turned into a book, ''Dereliction of Duty'', which was recommended and widely read in the [[Pentagon]] by the next generation of [[combat]] leaders. The ''[[New Yorker]]'' summarizes it saying, "[T]he Joint Chiefs of Staff, knowing that Johnson and McNamara wanted uncritical support rather than honest advice, and eager to protect their careers, went along with official lies and a split-the-difference strategy of gradual escalation that none of them thought could work." |