President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of defense called the 2003 invasion of Iraq a “strategic mistake.” Retired USMC General James Mattis commanded the 1st Marine Division during the invasion, and later headed US Central Command. Mattis made the comments in September 2015 at the ASIS conference in Anaheim, California. An audio recording of the … Continue reading Iraq war a ‘strategic mistake’ – leaked Gen. Mattis audio