Yes, He's Having Fun, Yet

From ABC
"Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up front with you, I like brawling," said Lt Gen Mattis.
"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil," Lt Gen Mattis said during a panel discussion.
"You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."

Good of General Michael Hagee, commander of the Marine Corps, to acknowledge that some people "may take issue" with those comments, but apparently its ok, because Lt Gen Mattis is "one of this country's bravest and most experienced military leaders". Its ok because he knows that Lt Gen Mattis was just trying to "reflect the unfortunate and harsh realities of war".

No need for any reflection, as it would appear to me from his statements that Lt Gen Mattis may have become one of the unfortunate and harsh realities of war.