and it is those local troops that the u.s. troops are trying to help out. it is those local troops who have been fighting and dying so much, and that is something that appeals to jim mattis military sense of honor. if he had made a promise to stay with them hand help stay with them and help them fight on, hundreds of afghan forces have died trying to fight. more than a thousand u.s.-backed forces in syria. mattis is an emotional human being. he likes to come across as cold and calculated. he s a deeply emotional man and feels a great sense of military honor, and if he could not look those forces in the eye that the u.s. had promised to stay and help, i don t see how he could have stayed on the job. so this is this is quite ma shocking development because the