Obama channels Marine General James Mattis?

[underpants]

Watching the last few weeks of President Obama at least superficially reaching out to the Republicans and directly being refuted by a party reeling and effectively out of power I am reminded of Gen. Mattis as quoted in Thomas Rick's "Fiasco".

One is a political "War" or words and the other is real life-and-death but you can almost cut and paste this onto the Obama/Republican(DC) relationship

After the invasion he sent home his tanks and artillery pieces and went to Iraqi military leaders in each area his troops were in. “I come in peace,” Mattis recalled telling them.
“I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you f*** with me, I’ll kill you all.”
http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2006/08/1936008/