Granting General Mattis a Waiver

[Bengalzona]

(12-05-2016, 06:46 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: It really just continues off of the Marshall precedent that a well liked general can get a waiver. 

Marshall wasn't particularly well-liked (at least not in comparison to Eisenhower or MacArthur). He opposed recognition of the State of Israel out of concern that a war would start over it (which it did). Marshall was given a waiver because he had a plan for rebuilding the post-war world, a circumstance that was considered dire at the time. Because of his prior position of leading a two-front war, it was felt at the time that no one else had a comparable resume or knowledge of the social, economic, and political situations to create a more effective plan. It was truly felt, at the time, that this would be a unique situation.