thinkprogress.org — Secretary Robert Gates has announced that Centcom commander Adm. William Fallon has submitted his resignation. Fallon was subject of a recent Esquire article, which stated that the admiral could be ?relieved of his command before his time is up next spring,? in favor of a commander more amenable to war with Iran.
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Closed AccountMar 11, 2008
He resigned *because* of all this stuff just like the s**t you're all posting now. Note the difference between "resigned" and "fired." Bush isn't attacking Iran with 10 months left in his presidency. But Fallon realized he can't be sitting CENTCOM Commander when people are constantly misquoting him and making him look like a rebel.I'm sad to see him go because Fallon was quite an amazing person.
Closed AccountMar 11, 2008
Fortunately, the price of oil is a bigger impediment to an attack on Iran than Fallon.The power of the Israeli lobby is the only thing that keeps it in play and it is a very weak play at this point.Looks like they are on their own on this one......
syroncodaMar 11, 2008
war with Iran would be the worst thing for this country. the Iraq war is obviously failing and the bush administration are losing some of their sheeple support but with some snazzy marketing before the November elections I'm sure they'll have enough republican sheeple support to push congress into another stupid idea and money sinkhole. more death, more destruction, more lies, more money lost or stolen or "misplaced", and more pathetic politicians arguing about bulls**t in order to get paid more and in the end they claim it wasn't their fault and get away with it all in their big fancy houses and free health care.yeah this will be interesting.
dagraybehlMar 12, 2008
Just because someone disagrees with our president, he is forced out of his position? This is ridiculous.. something needs to be done to get Bush out of power!IMPEACH BUSH 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ccheathMar 12, 2008
i thought that the pope was a nazi, no?
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrMar 12, 2008
This is madness
odigityMar 12, 2008
The Democrats are not going to change our foreign policy. The office has changed parties a dozen times in the last hundred years, foreign policy never, ever changes. Obama won't either.
waiting2awakeMar 12, 2008
Right. There is simply no way that the US government would do what, even to laymen, are clearly suicidal. Like the housing bubble, the lies over the war, the signing statements, the spying, the torture..... Nope, but if you had a government that seemed hell bent on destroying your country - I'd be worried. But with recent history in mind - who could think that ?
caferrellMar 12, 2008
A comment that is actually beneath contempt